Living a Good Life: Advice on Virtue, Love, and Action from the Ancient Greek Masters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781570622748)

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.

Author: Thomas Cleary
ISBN-10: 1570622744
ISBN-13: 9781570622748
Publisher: Shambhala
Language: English
Published: 04/15/1997
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 7.20h x 4.98w x 0.36d