Living a Good Life: Advice on Virtue, Love, and Action from the Ancient Greek Masters - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570622744 ISBN 13: 9781570622748

Publisher: Shambhala, 1997

Synopsis

This collection of eminently practical advice from the likes of Socrates, Plato, Diogenes, Pythagoras, and Aristotle covers subjects as diverse as money, child-raising, politics, philosophy, law, and relationships—all aspects of life and how to live it.

Thomas Cleary has translated these sayings and aphorisms from the Arabic sources that preserved Greek thought throughout the Middle Ages. Many of the texts no longer exist in the original Greek. Included in the book is an appendix that presents resonant sayings and fragments from Buddhist, Taoist, and Muslim sources, demonstrating the universal quality of the teachings of the Greek sages and hinting at the interaction between Western and Eastern cultures.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. He is the translator of over fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Arabic, Greek

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1570622744
• ISBN 13: 9781570622748
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128