Rare Book Collection
The College maintains a collection of rare books in the public domain related to Stoicism (the collection was formerly known as “The Stacks”). Tips for searching can be found at the bottom of this page.
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TITLE | AUTHOR / TRANSLATOR | YEAR | PAGES | LANGUAGE | SUMMARY |
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Cleanthis Hymnvm in Iovm | Stvrz, Fridericvs Gvilielmvs | 1735? | 26 | Latin | |
Gymnasio Augustano | Mezger, Gerogius Casparus | 1829 | 20 | French | |
Stadtische Gymnasium | Sander, Max | 1880 | 28 | German | |
Between Heathenism and Christianity | Super, Charles W. | 1899 | 232 | English | List of the Principal Work Used or Consulted on Seneca, Senecas Character and Environment, List of Senecas Extant Works, Selections of Writings, Concerning Providence, Notes, Plutarch and the Greece of his age, List of the Principal works of Plutarch, Concerning the Delay of the Deity of Punishing the Wicked, etc. |
Die Ethik Des Stoikers Epictet | Bonhoffer, Adolf | 1894 | 296 | German | |
Die Philosophie Der Mittleren Stoa | Schmekel, A. | 1892 | 504 | German | |
Discourses of Epictetus | Long, George | 1904 | 568 | English | Discourses of Epictetus with a critical and biographical introduction by John Lancaster Spalding, Illustrated, etc. |
Geschichte Dee Allen Philosophie | Zellar, Eduard | 1876 | 504 | German | |
Epicteti Enchiridion made English in a Poetical Paraphrase | Walker, Ellis | 1692 | 117 | English | Poetical paraphrase in English of Epictetus' Enchiridion, etc. |
Epictetus and The New Testament | Sharp, Douglas S. | 1914 | 180 | English | Phrases Similar or Identical, Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs and Prepositions, Conjunctions and Particles, Sundries, Resemblances between Epictetus and The New Testament, Differences, How to account for the Resemblances, etc. |
Epictetus Volume 2 | Oldfather, W.A. | 1928 | 584 | English | The Discourses as Reported by Adrian, The Manual, and Fragments, etc. |
Epictetus Volume 1 | Oldfather, W.A. | 1928 | 491 | English | The Discourses as Reported by Adrian, The Manual, and Fragments, etc. |
Essays in Jurisprudence and Ethics | Pollock, Frederick | 1882 | 408 | English | The Nature of Jurisprudence, Laws of Nature and Man, Defects of our Commercial Law, Law of Partnership in England, Employers Liability, Theory of Persecution, Oath of Allegiance, History of English Law, Science of Case Law, Casuistry of Common Sense, Ethics and Morals, Marcus and the Stoic Philosophy, etc. |
From Epicurus to Christ | Hyde, William De Witt | 1904 | 310 | English | The Epicurean Pursuit of Pleasure, Stoic Self-Control by Law, The Platonic Subordination of Lower to Higher, The Aristotelian Sense of Proportion, The Christian Spirit of Love, etc. |
Greek and Roman Stoicism and Some of its' Disciples | Davis, Chas. H. Stanley | 1903 | 286 | English | The Greek Religion, Greek Philosophy, Founders of Stoicism, Doctrines of Stoicism, Roman Stoicism, Roman Jurisprudence, Relation to Christianity, etc. |
The Hymn of Cleanthes | Blakeney, E.H. | 1921 | 24 | English | Note on Cleanthes and the Stoics, The Hymn of Cleanthes, Greek Text of the Hymn, Commentary, etc. |
Famous Hymns to the Universal Divinity | Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan | 1910 | 36 | English | Cleanthes' Hymn to Jove, Derzhavin's Ode to God, Wordsworth's Ode to Duty, Hymns of the Higher Pantheism, etc. |
The Lamp of Epictetus | Jacomb, Edward | 1918 | 345 | English | Being Arrian's Lectures of Epictetus to Young Men Paraphrased into Modern English, etc. |
Renaissance Du Stoicisme | Zanta, Leontine | 1914 | 394 | French | |
Marcus Aurelius and the Later Stoics | Bussell, F.W. | 1910 | 328 | English | Roman Emperor, Stoic Philosopher, Development of Philosophy, Epictetus, the Wise Man in the Two Commonwealths, the Ultimate Problems, the Creed of Marcus, Teaching of the Emperor, Man and the World, Absolute Subjectivity, Happiness, etc. |
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus to Himself | Rendall, Gerald H. | 1898 | 360 | English | An English translation with introductory study on Stoicism and the last of the Stoics, etc. |
Marcus Aurelius | Sedgwick, Henry Dwight | 1920 | 330 | English | A biography told as much as may be by letters, together with some account of the Stoic religion and an exposition of the Roman government's attempt to suppress Christianity during Marcus' reign, etc. |
Metaphor and Comparison in the Epistule Ad Lucilum of L. Annaeus Seneca | Smith, Charles Sidney | 1910 | 200 | English | Soul, Mind, Emotions, the Body and it's Conditions, Shelter and Clothing, Family and Daily Life, Religion and Mythology, Farming, Hunting, Fishing, Horsemanship, Arts and Trades, Commerce and Travel, Warfare, Law and Politics, Animal Kingdom, Vegetable Kingdom, Minerals, The Elements, Land and Sea, etc. |
L. Annaues Seneca Minor Dialogues Together with the Dialogue on Clemency | Stewart, Aubrey | 1889 | 464 | English | Of Providence, On the Firmness of the Wise Man, Of Anger, Of Consolation to Marcia, Of a Happy Life, Of Leisure, Of Piece of Mind, Of the Shortness of Life, Of Consolation to Helva, Of Consolation to Polybus, Of Clemency, etc. |
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse | Taylor, Thomas | 1805 | 74 | English | Triumph of the wise man, creed of the platonic philosopher, a panegyric on Sydenham, etc. |
Das Berlionlichteitsideal in der Stoa im Lichte der paulinilchen Grlofungslehre | Juhnte, Johannes | 1934 | 104 | German | |
The Mutual Influence of Christianity and the Stoic School | Bryant, James Henry | 1866 | 116 | English | Stoic school of philosophy, Stoicism in comparison with Christianity, influence of Christianity on Stoicism, influence of Stoicism on the Christian Church, etc. |
Collection des Auteurs Latins | Nisard, De M. | 1840 | 904 | French | It is a collection of the works of four Latin authors presented in chronological order. Sallust with the “Conjuration of Catalina”, the” War of Jugurtha”, and other fragments and a letter to Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar with « The Gallic Wars”, “The Civilian War”, The “War of Alexandria” the “War in Africa” and the “Spanish War”. |
Physical Science in the Time of Nero | Clarke, John A. | 1910 | 432 | English | Meteors, halo, rainbow, mock sun, the nature fo air, thunder and lightening, forms of water, snow, hail, rain, winds, earthquakes, comets, |
Roman Stoicism | Arnold, E. Vernon | 1911 | 490 | English | The world regions, Heraclitus and Socrates, the academy and the porch, preaching of Stoicism, Stoic sect in Rome, reason and speech, physics, universe, supreme problems, religion, kingdom of the soul, law for humanity, daily duties, sin and weakness, Stoicism in Roman history, etc. |
Seekers After God | Farrar, F.W. | 1890 | 376 | English | Family and early years of Seneca, education of Seneca, state of Roman society, condition of Rome under Tiberius and Ciaus, Seneca in exile, Senecas Philosophy, recall from exile, Agrippina (mother of Nero), Nero and his tutor, death of Seneca, Life of Epictetus, life and thoughts of Marcus, etc. |
Seneca | Holland, Francis | 1920 | 228 | English | Marcus and Seneca, early years, Caligula, exile in Corsica, return from Exile, Seneca in power, tragedy of Baiae, decline of Senecas influence, retirement, letter to Lucilius, conspiracy of Piso, death, philosophy, etc. |
Seneca's Morals | L'Estrange, Roger | 1803 | 630 | English | Senecas writings, life and death, etc. |
Seneque Et La Mort D'Agrippine | Dacbert, H. | 1884 | 254 | French | |
Seneque Et St Paul | Aubertin, Charles | 1872 | 466 | French | Correspondence between St Paul and Seneca |
Stoic and Epicurean | Hicks, R.D. | 1910 | 438 | English | The earlier Stoics and pantheism, Stoic psychology and epistemology, moral idealism, teaching of the later Stoics, Epicurus and hedonism, the atomic theory, Epicurean theology, skepticism, eclecticism, etc. |
Stoic and Christian in the Second Century | Alston, Leonard | 1906 | 170 | English | The Environment, Difficulties of the problem, General Considerations, Argument from Design, Optimism and Pessimism, Man as a Natural, Rational, and Social being, Intellectual Virtues, Higher and Lower in Man, Determinism and Free Will, Religion and Ethics, etc. |
Chief Ancient Philosophies: Stoicism | Capes, W.W. | 1880 | 266 | English | Socrates, Cynics, rise of Stoicism, essential principles, Stoicism at Rome, critics, Seneca, Seneca and St Paul, relation of Stoicism to Christianity, Epictetus, Marcus, the Stoic Creed, etc. |
Stoicism | Stock, St. George | 128 | English | Philosophy among the Greeks and Romans, Division of philosophy, logic, ethics, physics, etc. | |
Stoicorvm Vetervm Fragmenta - Volume 1 | Ab Arnim, Ioannes | 1964 | 196 | Latin | Collection of fragments and testimonials of the earlier Stoics. |
Stoicorvm Vetervm Fragmenta - Volume 2 | Ab Arnim, Ioannes | 1964 | 364 | Latin | Collection of fragments and testimonials of the earlier Stoics. |
Stoicorvm Vetervm Fragmenta - Volume 3 | Ab Arnim, Ioannes | 1964 | 284 | Latin | Collection of fragments and testimonials of the earlier Stoics. |
Stoicorvm Vetervm Fragmenta - Volume 4 | Ab Arnim, Ioannes | 1964 | 236 | Latin | Collection of fragments and testimonials of the earlier Stoics. |
Stoics and Saints | Brown, James Baldwin | 1893 | 312 | English | Lectures on the later heathan moralists, and on some aspects of the life of the medieval church. Lectures include topics such as: Epictetus, Marcus, St Francis of Assisi, etc. |
The Stoics, Epicureans and Sceptics | Zeller, E. | 1892 | 608 | English | State of culture in Greece, The Stoics, The Epicureans, The Sceptics, Pyrrho and the older academy, etc. |
Stoics and Septics | Bevan, Edwin | 1913 | 160 | English | Four lectures delivered in Oxford during Hilary term 1913 for the Common University Fund. Lectures include detailed analysis of Zeno, The Stoa, Posidonius, Sceptics, etc. |
The Fragments of Zeno and Cleanthes | Pearson, A.C. | 1891 | 368 | English | Summary of Zeno's Life, Stoicism as established by Zeno, Zeno's relation to previous philosophers, Cynics, Heraclitus, Zeno's writings and style, Summary of Cleanthes' life, Fragments of Zeno and Cleanthes, etc. |
The Stoic Creed | Davidson, William L. | 1907 | 312 | English | A contribution towards the exposition and just appreciation of Stoicism including chapters on: Socrates, Stoic Masters, Philosophy, Logic, Physics, Epicurean contrast, Ethics, Theology, Present Day Value, etc. |
The Stoic Philosophy | Murray, Gilbert | 1915 | 72 | English | An overview of Stoicism lecture delivered at South Place Institute on March 16, 1915 by Professor Gilbert Murray. |
The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius | Long, George | 1908 | 328 | English | History of Marcus Aurelius' life, a history of Stoicism, Marcus' Meditations, Essay on Friendship by Cicero with a focus on virtue |
Exudes sur Seneque | Faider, Paul | 1921 | 340 | French | Studies of Seneca |
Vie De Seneque | Walz, Rene | 1909 | 488 | French | The life of Seneca |
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