HALL EDITH

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Ο Αριστοτέλης ήταν εξαίρετος στοχαστής, ίσως ο σπουδαιότερος στην ιστορία. Ωστόσο, τον βασάνιζε ένα συνηθισμένο ερώτημα: πώς να είμαστε ευτυχισμένοι. Η βαθύτατη πεποίθησή του ήταν πως όλοι μπορούμε να είμαστε ευτυχισμένοι με έναν ουσιαστικό και βιώσιμο τρόπο - και ο ίδιος το δίδαξε με το παράδειγμά του. Η καθηγήτρια Edith Halt αποδεικνύει πως η αρχαία σκέψη είναι ό, τι ακριβώς χρειαζόμαστε σήμερα. Μέσα από δέκα πρακτικά μαθήματα κατανοούμε περισσότερο τον ίδιο τον εαυτό μας αλλά και τον τρόπο με τον οποίο λαμβάνουμε καλές αποφάσεις. Μαθαίν...
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(P/B) THE ANCIENT GREEKS
They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas's three hundred Spartans and Alexander the Great. But who were the ancient Greeks? And what was it that enabled them to achieve so much? Here, Edith Hall gives us a revelatory way of viewing this geographically scattered people, visiting different communities at various key moments during twenty centuries of ancient history. Ident...
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ΑΡΧΑΙΟΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ
Το βιβλίο της διακεκριμένης ερευνήτριας της κλασικής Ελλάδας Edith Hall προσφέρει μια σύνθεση ολόκληρου του αρχαιοελληνικού βιώματος, από την άνοδο των μυκηναϊκών βασιλείων κατά τον 16ο αιώνα π.Χ. ως την τελική επικράτηση του χριστιανισμού επί του παγανισμού, το 391 μ.Χ. Το καθένα από τα δέκα κεφάλαια του βιβλίου επισκέπτεται μια διαφορετική ελληνική κοινότητα, σε μια διαφορετική στιγμή, μέσα στους είκοσι αιώνες της αρχαίας ελληνικής ιστορίας. Μέσω αυτής της διαδικασίας, το βιβλίο διατυπώνει και στηρίζει ένα ισχυρό, πρωτότυπο επιχείρημα: Έ...
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(P/B) ARISTOTLE'S WAY
What do you and an ancient philosopher have in common? It turns out much more than you might think... Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker yet he was preoccupied by an ordinary question: how to be happy. In this handbook to his timeless teachings, Professor Edith Hall shows how ancient thinking is precisely what we need today, even if you don't know your Odyssey from your Iliad. In ten practical lessons you can learn how to make good decisions, how to ace an interview, how to choose a partner and how to face death. This is advice that wo...
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(H/B) ARISTOTLE'S WAY
From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives. Aristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being, but instead a lasting state of contentment, which should be the ultimate goal of human life. We become happy through finding a purpose, realizing our potential, a...
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(H/B) ARISTOTLE'S WAY
What do you and an ancient philosopher have in common? It turns out much more than you might think... Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker, perhaps the greatest in history. Yet he was preoccupied by an ordinary question: how to be happy. His deepest belief was that we can all be happy in a meaningful, sustained way - and he led by example. In this handbook to his timeless teachings, Professor Edith Hall shows how ancient thinking is precisely what we need today, even if you don't know your Odyssey from your Iliad. In ten practical lesson...
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(P/B) INTRODUCING THE ANCIENT GREEKS
The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote down the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas's three hundred Spartans and Alexander the Great. But understanding these uniquely influential people has been hampered by their diffusion across the entire Mediterranean. Most ancient Greeks did not live in what is now Greece but in settlements scattered across Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Libya, France, Italy, Bulgaria, ...
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(P/B) INVENTING THE BARBARIAN
Incest, polygamy, murder, sacrilege, impalement, castration, female power, and despotism: these are some of the images by which the Greek tragedians defined the non-Greek, `barbarian' world. This book explains for the first time the reasons behind their singular fascination with barbarians. It sets the plays against the historical background of the Panhellenic wars against Persia and the establishment of an Athenian empire based on democracy and slavery. Contemporary anthropology and political philosophy is discussed, revealing how the poe...
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(H/B) THE RETURN OF ULYSSES
Whether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying one-eyed Cyclops, or the vengeful slaying of the suitors of his beautiful wife Penelope, the stirring adventures of Ulysses/Odysseus are amongst the most durable in human culture. The picaresque return of the wandering pirate-king is one of the most popular texts of all time, crossing East-West divides and inspiring poets and fimmakers wordwide. But why, over three thousand years, has the Odyssey's appeal proved so remarkably resilie...
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