Rare Books Collection

The College maintains a collection of rare books in the public domain related to Stoicism (the collection was formerly known as “The Stacks”).

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TITLE AUTHOR / TRANSLATOR PUBLISHER LOCATION YEAR PAGES LANGUAGE SUMMARY
Cleanthis Hymnvm in Iovm Stvrz, Fridericvs Gvilielmvs Ex Officina Sommeria Lipsiae 1735? 26 Latin
Gymnasio Augustano Mezger, Gerogius Casparus Auguste Vindelicorum 1829 20 Latin
Stadtische Gymnasium Sander, Max Druck Von C. Quandt Waren 1880 28 German
Between Heathenism and Christianity Super, Charles W. Fleming H. Revel Co. New York 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 Verlag Von Ferdinand Enke Stuttgart 1894 296 German
Die Philosophie Der Mittleren Stoa Schmekel, A. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung Berlin 1892 504 German
Discourses of Epictetus Long, George D. Appleton and Co. New York 1904 568 English Discourses of Epictetus with a critical and biographical introduction by John Lancaster Spalding, Illustrated, etc.
Geschichte Dee Allen Philosophie Zellar, Eduard Fues’s Verlag Leipzig 1876 504 German
Epicteti Enchiridion made English in a Poetical Paraphrase Walker, Ellis Ben Griffin London 1692 117 English Poetical paraphrase in English of Epictetus’ Enchiridion, etc.
Epictetus and The New Testament Sharp, Douglas S. Charles H Kelly London 1914 180 English Phrases Similar or Identical, Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs and Prepositions, Con among others, 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. Williams Heinemann London 1928 584 English The Discourses as Reported by Adrian, The Manual, and Fragments, etc.
Epictetus Volume 1 Oldfather, W.A. William Heinemann London 1928 491 English The Discourses as Reported by Adrian, The Manual, and Fragments, etc.
Essays in Jurisprudence and Ethics Pollock, Frederick Macmillan and Co. London 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 Macmillan Co. London 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 Herbert B Turner & Co. Boston 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. Macmillan Company New York 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 Luzac and Co. London 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 Methuen & Co. London 1918 345 English Being Arrian’s Lectures of Epictetus to Young Men Paraphrased into Modern English, etc.
Renaissance Du Stoicisme Zanta, Leontine Librarie Ancienne Honore Champion Paris 1914 394 French
Marcus Aurelius and the Later Stoics Bussell, F.W. T & T Clark Edinburgh 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. Macmillan and Co. New York 1898 360 English An English translation with introductory study on Stoicism and the last of the Stoics, etc.
Marcus Aurelius Sedgwick, Henry Dwight Yale University Press New Haven 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 JH Furst Company Baltimore 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 George Bell and Sons London 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 Symbols, Pasternoster Row and Upham London 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 Uniberfitatsberlag Raisbudjhanblung E Bamberg Griefswald 1934 104 German
The Mutual Influence of Christianity and the Stoic School Bryant, James Henry Macmillan and Co London 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. Sous la Direct Paris 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. Macmillan and Co. London 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 Cambridge University Press London 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. Macmillan and Co London 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 Longmans, Green and Co. London 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 T. Hurst, Paternoster Row London 1803 630 English Senecas writings, life and death, etc.
Seneque Et La Mort D’Agrippine Dacbert, H. Leide Paris 1884 254 French
Seneque Et St Paul Aubertin, Charles Librairie Academique Paris 1872 466 French Correspondence between St Paul and Seneca
Stoic and Epicurean Hicks, R.D. Charles Scribner’s Sons New York 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 Longmans, Green and Co. London 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. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge London 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 T and A Constable Edinburgh 128 English Philosophy among the Greeks and Romans, Division of philosophy, logic, ethics, physics, etc.
Stoicorvm Vetervm Fragmenta – Volume 1 Ab Arnim, Ioannes BG Tenbner Verlagsgescllschaft 1964 196 Latin Collection of fragments and testimonials of the earlier Stoics.
Stoicorvm Vetervm Fragmenta – Volume 2 Ab Arnim, Ioannes BG Tenbner Verlagsgescllschaft 1964 364 Latin Collection of fragments and testimonials of the earlier Stoics.
Stoicorvm Vetervm Fragmenta – Volume 3 Ab Arnim, Ioannes BG Tenbner Verlagsgescllschaft 1964 284 Latin Collection of fragments and testimonials of the earlier Stoics.
Stoicorvm Vetervm Fragmenta – Volume 4 Ab Arnim, Ioannes BG Tenbner Verlagsgescllschaft 1964 236 Latin Collection of fragments and testimonials of the earlier Stoics.
Stoics and Saints Brown, James Baldwin James Maclehose and Sons Glasgow 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. Longmans, Green and Comapny New York 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 Oxford at the Clarendon Press 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. CJ Clay and Sons London 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. T & T Clark Edinburgh 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 Watts and Company 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 Castle and Company 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 Perrin Et Cie Paris 1909 488 French The life of Seneca