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Plato
- Plato. Alcibiades I. Steven Forde. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Alcibiades II.
- Plato. Apology of Socrates. Thomas G. West and Grace Starry West. 9780801485749.
- Plato. Charmides. Thomas G. West and Grace Starry West. 9780872200104.
- Plato. Cleitophon. Mark Kremer. 9780739108185.
- Plato. Cleitophon. Clifford Orwin. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Cratylus. C.D.C. Reeve. 9780872204164.
- Plato. Cratylus. Joe Sachs. 9781585103621.
- Plato. Critias or Atlantis. Diskin Clay. 9781585100002.
- Plato. Crito. Thomas G. West and Grace Starry West. 9780801485749.
- Plato. Epinomis.
- Plato. Euthydemus. Joe Sachs. 9781585103621.
- Plato. Euthyphro. Thomas G. West and Grace Starry West. 9780801485749.
- Plato. Gorgias. James Nichols, Jr. 9780801485275.
- Plato. Gorgias. Joe Sachs. 9781585102990.
- Plato. Hipparchus. Steven Forde. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Hippias Major. David Sweet. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Hippias Major. Joe Sachs. 9781585103621.
- Plato. Hippias Minor. James Lease. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Ion. Allan Bloom. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Laches. James Nichols, Jr. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Laws. Thomas Pangle. 9780226671109.
- Plato. Lovers. James Leake. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Lysis. David Bolotin. 9780801495618.
- Plato. Menexenus. Susan Collins and Devin Stauffer. 9780941051705.
- Plato. Meno. Robert Bartlett. 9780801488658.
- Plato. Minos. Thomas Pangle. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Parmenides. Albert Keith Whitaker. 9780941051965.
- Plato. Phaedo. Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, and Eric Salem. 9780941051699.
- Plato. Phaedrus. James Nichols, Jr. 9780801485329.
- Plato. Philebus. Seth Benardete. 9780226042763.
- Plato. Protagoras. Robert Bartlett. 9780801488658.
- Plato. Protagoras. Joe Sachs. 9781585103621.
- Plato. Republic. Allan Bloom. 9780465094080.
- Plato. Republic. Joe Sachs. 9781585102617.
- Plato. Sophist. Seth Benardete. 9780226670386.
- Plato. Sophist. Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, and Eric Salem. 9780941051514.
- Plato. Statesman. Seth Benardete. 9780226670386.
- Plato. Statesman. Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, and Eric Salem. 9781585102907.
- Plato. Symposium. Seth Benardete. 9780226042756.
- Plato. Symposium. Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, and Eric Salem. 9781585105977.
- Plato. Theaetetus. Seth Benardete. 9780226670386.
- Plato. Theaetetus. Joe Sachs. 9781585101016.
- Plato. Theages. Thomas Pangle. 9780801494659.
- Plato. Timaeus. Peter Kalkavage. 9781585100071.
Aristotle
- Aristotle. De Anima. David Bolotin. 9780881466645.
- Aristotle. Metaphysics. Joe Sachs. 9781888009033.
- Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. Robert C. Bartlett and Susan D. Collins. 9780226026756.
- Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. Joe Sachs. 9781585100354.
- Aristotle. On the Soul and On Memory and Recollection. Joe Sachs. 9781888009170.
- Aristotle. Parva Naturalia. David Bolotin. 9780881467840.
- Aristotle. Physics. Joe Sachs. 9780813521923.
- Aristotle. Poetics. Joe Sachs. 9781585101870.
- Aristotle. Politics. Joe Sachs. 9781585103768.
- Aristotle. Politics. Carnes Lord. 9780226921846.
- Aristotle. Rhetoric. Robert C. Bartlett. 9780226789903.
- Aristotle. Rhetoric. Joe Sachs. 9781585102990.
Xenophon
- Xenophon. Agesilaus. Robert C. Bartlett. 9781501718502.
- Xenophon. Apology of Socrates to the Jury. Thomas L. Pangle. 9780801472985.
- Xenophon. Hiero, or Tyrannicus. Marvin Kendrick, revised by Seth Benardete. 9780226030135.
- Xenophon. Hiero, or The Skilled Tyrant. David O’Connor. 9781501718502.
- Xenophon. Memorabilia. Amy L. Bonnette. 9780801481710.
- Xenophon. Oeconomicus. Carnes Lord. 9780801472985.
- Xenophon. On Horsemanship. Amy L. Bonnette. 9781501718502.
- Xenophon. Regime of the Athenians. Gregory McBrayer. 9781501718502.
- Xenophon. Regime of the Lacedaemonians. Catherine S. Kuiper and Susan D. Collins. 9781501718502.
- Xenophon. Symposium. Robert C. Bartlett. 9780801472985.
- Xenophon. The Anabasis of Cyrus. Wayne Ambler. 9780801489990.
- Xenophon. The Education of Cyrus. Wayne Ambler. 9780801487507.
- Xenophon. The One Skilled at Hunting with Dogs. Michael Ehrmantraut. 9781501718502.
- Xenophon. The Skilled Cavalry Commander. Wayne Ambler. 9781501718502.
Niccolò Machiavelli
- Machiavelli. Art of War. Christopher Lynch. 9780226500461.
- Machiavelli. The Chief Works and Others, vol. 1. Allan Gilbert. 9780822309451.
- Machiavelli. The Chief Works and Others, vol. 2. Allan Gilbert. 9780822309468.
- Machiavelli. The Chief Works and Others, vol. 3. Allan Gilbert. 9780822309475.
- Machiavelli. Clizia. Daniel T. Gallagher. 9780881339024.
- Machiavelli. Discourses on Livy. Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov. 9780226500362.
- Machiavelli. Florentine Histories. Laura F. Banfield and Harvey C. Mansfield. 9780691008639.
- Machiavelli. The Letters of Machiavelli. Allan Gilbert. 9780226500416.
- Machiavelli. Mandragola. Mera J. Flaumenhaft. 9780917974571.
- Machiavelli. The Prince. Angelo M. Codevilla. 9780300064032.
- Machiavelli. The Prince. Harvey C. Mansfield. 9780226500447.
- Machiavelli. Selected Political Writings. David Wooton. 9780872202474.
Francis Bacon
- Bacon. Essays. 9781387780235.
- Bacon. New Atlantis and The Great Instauration. 9781119098027.
- Bacon. The New Organon. 9780521564830.
- Bacon. Selected Philosophical Works. 9780872204706.
Friedrich Nietzsche
- Nietzsche. The Antichrist. Walter Kaufmann. 9780140150629.
- Nietzsche. Beyond Good and Evil. Walter Kaufmann. 9780679783398.
- Nietzsche. The Birth of Tragedy. Walter Kaufmann. 9780679783398.
- Nietzsche. The Case of Wagner. Walter Kaufmann. 9780679783398.
- Nietzsche. Daybreak. R. J. Hollingdale. 9780521599634.
- Nietzsche. Ecce Homo. Walter Kaufmann. 9780679783398.
- Nietzsche. The Gay Science. Walter Kaufmann. 9780394719856.
- Nietzsche. On the Genealogy of Morals. Walter Kaufmann. 9780679783398.
- Nietzsche. Human, All Too Human. R. J. Hollingdale. 9780521567046.
- Nietzsche. Nietzsche Contra Wagner. Walter Kaufmann. 9780140150629.
- Nietzsche. Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks. Marianne Cowan. 9780895267108.
- Nietzsche. Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Walter Kaufmann. 9780140150629.
- Nietzsche. On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense. Walter Kaufmann. 9780140150629.
- Nietzsche. Twilight of the Idols. Alex Priou. Available here.
- Nietzsche. Twilight of the Idols. Walter Kaufmann. 9780140150629.
- Nietzsche. Untimely Meditations. R. J. Hollingdale. 9780521585842.
- Nietzsche. The Will to Power. R. J. Hollingdale and Walter Kaufmann. 9780394704371.
- Nietzsche. Dithyrambs of Dionysus. R. J. Hollingdale. 9780856461200.
- Nietzsche. Homer and Classical Philology. J. M. Kennedy. 9781297646713.
- Nietzsche. On the Future of Our Educational Institutions. Michael W. Grenke. 9781587316012.
- Nietzsche. Prefaces to Unwritten Works. Michael W. Grenke, Matthew K. Davis, and Lise van Boxel. 9781587316333.
- Nietzsche. The Pre-Platonic Philosophers. Greg Whitlock. 9780252074035.
- Nietzsche. Selected Letters of Friedrich Nietzsche. Christopher Middleton. 9780872203587.
- Nietzsche. Letters. Walter Kaufmann. 9780140150629.
Leo Strauss
- Strauss. The Argument and the Action of Plato’s Laws. 9780226776989.
- Strauss. The City and Man. 9780226777016.
- Strauss. The Early Writings. 9780791453308.
- Strauss and Eric Voegelin. Faith and Political Philosophy. 9780826215512.
- Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. History of Political Philosophy. 9780226777108.
- Strauss. An Introduction to Political Philosophy. 9780814319024.
- Strauss. Jewish Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity. 9780791427743.
- Strauss. Natural Right and History. 9780226776941.
- Strauss. Liberalism Ancient and Modern. 9780226776897.
- Strauss. Persecution and the Art of Writing. 9780226777115.
- Strauss. On Hegel. 9780226816784.
- Strauss. On Maimonides. 9780226776774.
- Strauss. On Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra. 9780226816791.
- Strauss. On Plato’s Protagoras. 9780226818153.
- Strauss. On Plato’s Symposium. 9780226776866.
- Strauss. On Political Philosophy. 9780226816807.
- Strauss. Philosophy and Law. 9780791419762.
- Strauss. The Political Philosophy of Hobbes. 9780226776965.
- Strauss. The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism. 9780226777153.
- Strauss. Socrates and Aristophanes. 9780226777191.
- Strauss. Spinoza’s Critique of Religion. 9780226776880.
- Strauss. Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. 9780226777009.
- Strauss. Thoughts on Machiavelli. 9780226777023.
- Strauss. Toward “Natural Right and History.” 9780226512105.
- Strauss. What is Political Philosophy? 9780226777139.
- Strauss. Xenophon’s Socrates. 9781587319655.
- Strauss. Xenophon’s Socratic Discourse. 9781587319662.