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Philosophy Religion& Books for Courses 2 0 1 1 PHILOSOPHY RELIGION& BOOKS FOR COURSES PENGUIN GROUP USA PHILOSOPHY RELIGION& BOOKS FOR COURSES 2011 PHILOSOPHY RELIGION WesteRn philosophy . 3 Religion in todAy’s WoRld . 3 0 ANCIENT . 3 Religion & Science . 31 Plato. 4 Relgion in America . 33 MEDIEVAL . 5 BiBle studies . 3 4 RENAISSANCE & EARLY MODERN (c. 1600–1800) . 6 ChRistiAnity . 3 5 The Penguin History LATER MODERN (c. 1800-1960) . 7 of the Church . 35 CONTEMPORARY . 8 Diarmaid MacCulloch . 37 Ayn Rand. 11 Women in Christianity . 38 eAsteRn philosophy . 1 2 J u d A i s m . 3 9 Sanskrit Classics . 12 B u d d h i s m . 4 0 s o C i A l & p o l i t i C A l His Holiness the Dalai Lama . 40 p h i l o s o p h y . 1 3 Karl Marx. 15 i s l A m . 4 2 Philosophy & the Environment . 17 h i n d u i s m . 4 4 philosophy & sCienCe . 1 8 Penguin India . 44 Charles Darwin . 19 nAtiVe AmeRiCAn . 4 5 philosophy & ARt . 2 2 The Penguin Library of American Indian History . 45 philosophy & Religion in liteRAtuRe . 2 3 A n C i e n t R e l i g i o n Jack Kerouac. 26 & mythology . 4 6 Penguin Great Ideas Series . 29 AnthRopology oF Religion . 4 7 spiRituAlity . 4 8 Complete idiot’s guides . 5 0 R e F e R e n C e . 5 1 i n d e X . 5 2 College FACulty inFo seRViCe . 5 6 eXAminAtion Copy FoRm . 5 7 sChool & peRsonAl Copy FoRm . 5 8 PENGUIN GROUP USA ACADEMIC MARKETING DEPARTMENT | 375 HUDSON STREET, NY, NY 10014 www.penguin.com/academic PHILOSOPHY WesteRn philosophy Bryan Magee THE STORY OF PHILOSOPHY A fully-illustrated introduction to 2,500 years of Western philosophy. DK • 240 pp. • 978-0-789-47994-5 • $24.95 Robert Paul Wolff, editor TEN GREAT WORKS OF PHILOSOPHY Aristotle Marcus Aurelius Introduction and Commentaries by the editor THE METAPHYSICS MEDITATIONS Includes: Apology, Crito and the Death of Socrates from Translated with an Introduction Newly Translated and Edited Phaedo, Plato; Poetics, Aristotle; The Ontological Proof St. by Hugh Lawson-Tancred with Notes by Martin Hammond Anselm, from Proslogium, St. Anselm; St. Thomas’ Proofs of Penguin Classics • 528 pp. • 978-0-14-044619-7 • $13.00 Introduction by Diskin Clay God’s Existence, St. Thomas Aquinas; The Summa Theologic Includes chronology, explanatory notes, index THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION Meditations on the First Philosophy, René Descartes; An of quotations, and index of names. Translation, Introduction and Notes by P. J. Rhodes Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, David Penguin Classics • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-044933-4 • $11.00 Hume; Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics, Imman- Penguin Classics • 208 pp. • 978-0-14-044431-5 • $15.00 uel Kant; Utilitarianism, John Stuart; The Will to Great Ideas Series THE ART OF RHETORIC Believe, William James. Translated by Maxwell Staniforth Translated with an Introduction Signet Classics • 592 pp. • 978-0-451-52830-8 • $8.95 Penguin • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-303627-2 • $8.95 by Hugh Lawson-Tancred Penguin Classics • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-044510-7 • $15.00 THE ESSENTIAL MARCUS AURELIUS Translated with an Introduction DE ANIMA ANCIENT by Jacob Needleman and John P. Piazza On the Soul Cornerstone Edition Translation, Introduction, Places the philospher-king’s writings within and Notes by Hugh Lawson-Tancred the vein of the world’s great religious and ethi- Penguin Classics • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-044471-1 • $15.00 THE GREEK SOPHISTS cal traditions. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS Tarcher • 128 pp. • 978-1-58542-617-1 • $10.00 John Dillon and Tania Gergel Translated by J. A. K. Thomson Each chapter is organized around the work of Revised with Notes and Appendices Jonathan Barnes, editor one character—Gorgias, Prodicus, Protagoras, by Hugh Tredennick and Antiphon, among others—with linking EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY Introduction and Bibliography by Jonathan Barnes Translated by the editor commentary, a chronological table, and a bibli- Penguin Classics • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-044949-5 • $12.00 ography provided for each. In these illuminating pre-Socratic texts, Dem- Penguin Classics • 448 pp. • 978-0-14-043689-1 • $16.00 POETICS ocritus, Zeno, Pythagoras, and Heraclitus initi- Translated with an Introduction by Malcolm Heath ate a revolution in human thought and pave Penguin Classics • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-044636-4 • $12.00 the way for Plato and Aristotle. Introduction, CLASSICAL LITERARY CRITICISM further readings, and appendix on sources. Plato’s Ion and Republic, Chapters 2-3 and 10; THE POLITICS Penguin Classics • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-044815-3 • $15.00 Aristotle’s Poetics; Horace’s The Art of Poetry; Translated by T. A. Sinclair Longinus’s On the Sublime Revised by Trevor J. Saunders Translated by Penelope Murray and T. S. Dorsch Introductions by Sinclair and Saunders discuss Marcus Tullius Cicero Introduction and Notes by Penelope Murray the influence of the work on philosophers, its SELECTED WORKS Presents the core classical texts for under- modern relevance, and Aristotle’s political beliefs. Translated with an Introduction by Michael Grant standing literature in lucid, fully accessible This edition contains Greek and English glossa- Includes Against Verres, I, Twenty-Three Letters, translations. ries, and a bibliography for further reading. The Second Philippic Against Antony, On Duties, Penguin Classics • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-044651-7 • $13.00 Penguin Classics • 512 pp. • 978-0-14-044421-6 • $14.00 III, and On Old Age. Penguin Classics • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-044099-7 • $16.00 THE PHILOSOPHY OF ARISTOTLE Aristophanes Translations by J.L. Creed and A.E. Wardman ON THE GOOD LIFE THE FROGS and Other Plays Selections and Commentary Translated with an Introduction by Michael Grant Revised with an Introduction by Renford Bambrough Penguin Classics • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-044244-1 • $16.00 and Notes by Shomit Dutta Signet Classics • 528 pp. • 978-0-451-52887-2 • $7.95 ON GOVERNMENT Includes The Wasps and The Poet and the Women. Translated with an Introduction by Michael Grant Penguin Classics • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-044969-3 • $11.00 W. H. Auden, editor Includes Against Verres, the Phillippics, For THE BIRDS and Other Plays THE PORTABLE GREEK READER Murena, For Balbus, On Laws, On the State, and Translated by Alan Sommerstein and David Barrett Penguin • 726 pp. • 978-0-14-015039-1 • $18.00 the Brutus. Notes, appendixes, maps, index. Also includes The Knights, The Assembly-Wom- Penguin Classics • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-044595-4 • $15.00 en, Peace, and Wealth. THE NATURE OF THE GODS Penguin Classics • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-044951-8 • $12.00 Now you can E-MAIL your desk copy request to Translated by Horace C. P. McGregor LYSISTRATA and Other Plays Penguin Group USA’s Academic Marketing Introduction by J. M. Ross Department: [email protected]. Translated with an Introduction Penguin Classics • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-044265-6 • $15.00 Or FAX to: 212-366-2933. by Alan H. Sommerstein Also includes The Acharnians and The Clouds. Penguin Classics • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-044814-6 • $9.00 For instructions on requesting permission to Join our College Faculty Information Service for photocopy Penguin Group USA titles for personal assistance in selecting books for col- coursepacks and general classroom use, go to lege course. See page 56 for more information, www.penguin.com/permissions or call the or go to www.penguin.com/facinfo. Copyright Clearance Center at 978.750.8400. f Denotes new or forthcoming title philosophy 2011 3 plAto Manly P. Hall LECTURES ON ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Companion to The Secret Teachings of All Ages GORGIAS Tarcher • 528 pp. • 978-1-58542-432-0 • $21.95 Revised Edition Translated by Walter Hamilton THE LOST KEYS OF FREEMASONRY See page 36 and Chris Emlyn-Jones Introduction, Commentary, and Notes by Chris Emlyn-Jones Heraclitus A revised edition of Walter Hamilton’s distin- FRAGMENTS guished translation, with new editorial materi- The Collected Wisdom of Heraclitus al. Includes chronology, glossary, index, and Translated by Brooks Haxton suggestions for further reading. Foreword by James Hillman Penguin Classics • 208 pp. • 978-0-14-044904-4 • $9.00 “Haxton has produced a luminous translation, putting himself comfortably in the proud tra- EARLY SOCRATIC DIALOGUES dition of poet-translators in English —from Edited with an Introduction by Trevor J. Saunders Pope to Pound.”—Nicholas Christopher. Preface by Chris Emlyn-Jones Penguin Classics • 128 pp. • 978-0-14-243765-0 • $14.00 Includes Ion, Laches, Lysis, Charmides, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, and Euthydemus. Penguin Classics • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-045503-8 • $14.00 Hippocrates f HIPPOCRATIC WRITINGS THE LAST DAYS OF SOCRATES Edited by G. E. R. Lloyd Newly Translated with an Introduction Translated by J. Chadwick and Notes by Christopher Rowe THE SYMPOSIUM Penguin Classics • 384 pp. • 978-0-14-044451-3 • $16.00 Penguin Classics • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-045549-6 • $14.00 Translated with an Introduction Available February 2011 and Notes by Christopher Gill Horace and Persius Penguin Classics • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-044927-3 • $9.00 Translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant THE SATIRES OF HORACE AND PERSIUS Introduction and Notes by Harold Tarrant Great Ideas Series Translated with an Introduction Penguin Classics • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-044928-0 • $13.00 Translated by Christopher Gill and Desmond Lee and Notes by Niall Rudd Penguin • 128 pp. • 978-0-14-303753-8 • $8.95 Also includes Horace’s Epistles I and II, and THE LAWS the Ars Poetica. Translated with an Introduction by Trevor J.
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