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Download Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. This classic work of Stoic philosophy by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius has been a source of guidance and self-improvement for thousands of years.

Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called "De Principatibus" (About Principalities).

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, written in approximately 380 BC. It is one of the most influential works of philosophy and political theory, and arguably Plato's best known work.

These are the 60 lectures from the Teaching Company course The Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 2nd Edition, featuring principal lecturers Michael Sugrue and Darren Staloff.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental in guiding the Roman Empire under emperor Nero, Seneca influenced him from a young age with his Stoic principles. Later in life, he wrote Letters from a Stoic, detailing these principles in full.

Cozy up by the fireplace with this free version of Bertrand Russell's classic 1945 book The History Of Western Philosophy.

This short book is part of the Philosophies Ancient and Modern series, which attempts to make Western philosophy more accessible to the general public.

The Analects, or Lunyu, also known as the Analects of Confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples, as well as the discussions they held.

The Enchiridion (or "Handbook") is a classic philosophical text that collects Epictetus' core ethical teachings.

Listen to the final dialogue of Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of "corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes". Plato's account of this speech from 399 BC contains Socrates final thoughts on being sentenced to death and his reasons for accepting this fate.