Resources arranged by Philosopher or School

Contents

• The Presocratics
• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• General Hellenistic Philosophy
• Stoicism
• Epicureanism
• Scepticism
• Neoplatonism
• The End of Antiquity

The Presocratics

• TEXT: Burnet's Early Greek Philosophy, the complete text of a well-known, if now slightly old, study that includes fragments of the Presocratics in translation, including the fragments of Heraclitus and Parmenides.
• TEXT: Presocratic Texts and Commentaries from the Hanover Historical Texts Project, deriving from Fairbanks' The First Philosophers of Greece (London, 1898).
• TEXT: Hippolytus' Refutation of all Heresies, an important source for Presocratic philosophers, especially Heraclitus.
• ARTICLE: IEP entries on Presocratic philosophers, including Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Zeno, Pythagoras, Democritus. Visit the IEP Index to find more.
• ARTICLE: Greek Philosophy, a collection of introductory articles on the Presocratics from 'thebigview.com'.
• WEBSITE: The Presocratic Philosophers, includes a couple of articles with translations of fragments.
• WEBSITE: Early Greek Philosophy, an impressive collection of links to texts devoted to the Presocratics and Sophists, courtesy of the Sophia Project.

Socrates

• TEXT: Plato's Apology, at the MIT Classics Archive.
• TEXT: Plato's Apology, in English and Greek at the Perseus Project.
• TEXT: Xenophon's Apology, in English and Greek at the Perseus Project.
• TEXT: Xenophon's Memorabilia, in English and Greek at the Perseus Project.
• ARTICLE: Who Was Socrates?, an overview from the Sophia Project.
• WEBSITE: Plato's Apology: A Hypermediated Learning Environment, based upon Jowett's translation, with a range of supporting material.
• WEBSITE: The Last Days of Socrates, a site containing annotated texts "designed to help first year philosophy students read the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and the death scene from the Phaedo".
• OTHER: The Athenian Agora, from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.

Plato

• TEXT: Dialogues. All of Plato's principal dialogues in English translaions from Jowett's Oxford edition. These txt files are ideal to download.
• TEXT: Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, in English and Greek from the Perseus Project.
• TEXT: Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, in English and Greek from the Perseus Project.
• TEXT: Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, in English and Greek from the Perseus Project.
• TEXT: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, in English and Greek from the Perseus Project.
• TEXT: Republic, in English and Greek from the Perseus Project.
• COMMENTARY: from The Archelogos Project at the University of Edinburgh.
• WEBSITE: Exploring Plato's Dialogues, a helpful site including biography, texts, and bibliography.
• WEBSITE: Plato's Dialogues, another site, this one created by Bernard Suzanne.
• WEBSITE: Plato, a substantial collection of material at the Sophia Project.
• OTHER: online concordance to the works of Plato.
• OTHER: online bibliography.
• OTHER: Plato's Academy, a guide to the archaeological site in Athens, courtesy of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
• OTHER: A condensed version of Plato's Republic from Glyn Hughes' Squashed Philosophers.

Aristotle

• TEXT: Works. All of Aristotle's major works in English translations from W. D. Ross's Oxford Edition. These txt files are ideal to download.
• TEXT: Metaphysics, in English and Greek from the Perseus Project.
• TEXT: Nicomachean Ethics, in English and Greek from the Perseus Project.
• TEXT: Eudemian Ethics, in English and Greek from the Perseus Project.
• TEXT: Politics, in English and Greek from the Perseus Project.
• COMMENTARY: from The Archelogos Project at the University of Edinburgh.
• ARTICLE: Aristotle's Ethics, a substantial article by Richard Kraut at the Stanford Encyclopedia.
• WEBSITE: Aristotle, a collection of resources from the Sophia Project.
• OTHER: online concordance to the works of Aristotle.
• OTHER: A condensed version of Aristotle's Ethics from Glyn Hughes' Squashed Philosophers.

General Hellenistic Philosophy

• TEXT: Cicero's Philosophical Works, in Latin from The Latin Library.
• TEXT: Cicero's De Officiis (On Duties) in English.

Stoicism

• TEXT: Seneca, Letters and Essays in English, also in Latin from The Latin Library. Note also a selection of Letters in English.
• TEXT: Epictetus, Discourses in English from the MIT Classics Internet Archive.
• TEXT: Epictetus, Discourses, in English as hyperlinked HTML pages.
• TEXT: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations in English from the MIT Classics Internet Archive.
• TEXT: Diogenes Laertius, Book 7 in English from the Ancient History Sourcebook.
• ARTICLE: Stoicism. A substantial survey article from the Stanford Encyclopedia.
• ARTICLE: Stoicism from the Ecole Initiative.
• ARTICLE: IEP articles on Stoicism, Chrysippus, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius.
• ARTICLE: The Philosophy of Antoninus, George Long's survey of Stoicism that prefaced his well-known translation of Marcus Aurelius.
• WEBSITE: The Stoic Place, a collections of texts, essays, and other resources by Dr Jan Garrett.
• WEBSITE: Stoic Links, an index to further Stoic resourses.
• WEBSITE: Seneca and Stoicism, a collection of resources from the Sophia Project.
• OTHER: online concordance to the works of Epictetus.

Epicureanism

• TEXT: Epicurus, Letter on Happiness, Principal Doctrines, Vatican Sayings.
• TEXT: Diogenes Laertius, Book 10, the full text in English, including all three of Epicurus' Letters.
• TEXT: Lucretius, De Natura Deorum, in Latin from The Latin Library and On the Nature of Things in English from the MIT Classics Internet Archive.
• TEXT: Diogenes of Oenoanda, The Inscription, selected fragments from the translation by M. F. Smith.
• ARTICLE: Epicurus (IEP).
• WEBSITE: The Philosophy Garden, an excellent site devoted to all things Epicurean.
• WEBSITE: Epicurus and Epicureanism, a collection of resources from the Sophia Project.
• WEBSITE: Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy, a good collection of texts and resources.
• OTHER: The Philodemus Project, an introduction to the scholarly work devoted to the scrolls discovered in the Epicurean library at Herculaneum.

Scepticism

• TEXT: Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism, selections from Book One in English.
• ARTICLE: Ancient Scepticism, a substantial article from the Stanford Encycopedia.
• ARTICLE: Pyrrho, Sextus Empiricus, Carneades, Ancient Scepticism, all from the IEP

Neoplatonism

• TEXT: Plotinus' Enneads, a txt file based upon MacKenna's translation.
• TEXT: Plotinus' Enneads, in English from the MIT Classics Internet Archive.
• ARTICLE: Neoplatonism (IEP).
• WEBSITE: Plotinus, a collection of resources from the Sophia Project.
• WEBSITE: Neoplatonism, including articles on a number of Neoplatonic philosophers.
• OTHER: online concordance to the works of Plotinus.

The End of Antiquity

• TEXT: There are two texts from the very end of antiquity that form a bridge between ancient and medieval philosophy. These are Augustine's Confessions (also in Latin) and Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy (also in Latin).
• TEXT: The Fathers of the Church, a substantial of early Christian texts.
• TEXT: Early Church Fathers, similar in scope to the previous site.
• WEBSITE: Augustine.
• OTHER: online concordance to Augustine; online concordance to Boethius.
• OTHER: A condensed version of Augustine's Confessions from Glyn Hughes' Squashed Philosophers.

Next Section: Ancient Philosophical Texts (a comprehensive list)