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The Nicomachean Ethics Summary
The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle 329 pages
4.00
56.1K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Metaphysics Summary
Metaphysics
by Aristotle 365 pages
4.07
17.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Metaphysics
Discourses and Selected Writings Summary
Discourses and Selected Writings
by Epictetus 276 pages
4.41
10.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
Persian Fire Summary
Persian Fire
The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
by Tom Holland 2005 418 pages
4.17
11.0K ratings
History
Ancient History
Ancient
The Art of Happiness Summary
The Art of Happiness
by Epicurus 266 pages
3.81
5.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Self Help
The Persian Expedition Summary
The Persian Expedition
by Xenophon 375 pages
4.11
9.5K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Symposium Summary
The Symposium
by Plato 90 pages
4.09
84.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Meditations Summary
Meditations
With Selected Correspondence
by Marcus Aurelius 208 pages
4.26
646 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
Timaeus Summary
Timaeus
by Plato 112 pages
3.85
3.2K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Science
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary
The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle 336 pages
4.00
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Poetry
Early Socratic Dialogues Summary
Early Socratic Dialogues
by Plato 399 pages
4.06
398 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Greece
The Persian Empire Summary
The Persian Empire
by John W.I. Lee 2012
4.11
482 ratings
History
Ancient History
Ancient
Sasanian Persia Summary
Sasanian Persia
The Rise and Fall of an Empire
by Touraj Daryaee 2007 256 pages
3.81
161 ratings
History
Iran
Ancient History
Charmides Summary
Charmides
by Plato 64 pages
3.55
1.5K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Ancient
The Campaigns of Alexander Summary
The Campaigns of Alexander
by Arrian 430 pages
4.16
5.2K ratings
History
Classics
Biography
The Annals/The Histories Summary
The Annals/The Histories
by Tacitus 1852 640 pages
4.05
351 ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Assyrian Summary
The Assyrian
by Nicholas Guild 1987 552 pages
4.26
1.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Ancient History
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