400–300 BC

This shelf contains every edition recorded in the original catalog cards for the period 400–300 BC. It features multiple translations of Plato’s major dialogues, key works by Aristotle, Demosthenes’ orations, and important Eastern texts that appear alongside them. The cards document a rich working collection built around the great conversation of classical antiquity — from Plato’s Academy and Aristotle’s Lyceum to the defense of Athenian liberty and parallel traditions in Chinese thought. Read More