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.
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The Speeches of Aeschines
With an English translation by Charles Darwin Adams. Against Timarchus, On the Embassy, Against Ctesiphon. Loeb Classical Library.
Aristotle: The Poetics; “Longinus”: On the Sublime; Demetrius: On Style
Half-title: The Loeb Classical Library.
The Politics
With an English translation by H. Rackham. Half-title: The Loeb Classical Library (Greek authors). At head of title: Aristotle. Greek and English on opposite pages.
The Athenian Constitution; The Eudemian Ethics; On Virtues and Vices
With an English translation by H. Rackham. Half-title: The Loeb Classical Library.
The Organon
Half-title: The Loeb Classical Library (Greek authors). At head of title: Aristotle. Greek and English on opposite pages. “Select bibliography”: vol. I, p. 106. Contents: I. The Categories; On Interpretation, by H. P. Cooke. Prior Analytics, by H. Tredennick.
On the Heavens
With an English translation by W. K. C. Guthrie. Half-title: The Loeb Classical Library (Greek authors). At head of title: Aristotle. Greek and English on opposite pages.
Aristotle’s Politics
Translated by Benjamin Jowett; with introduction, analysis and index by H. W. C. Davis.
Constitution of Athens and Related Texts
Translated with an introduction and notes by Kurt von Fritz and Ernst Kapp. Hafner Library of Classics, no. 13.
Meteorologica
With an English translation by H. D. P. Lee. The Loeb Classical Library (Greek authors). Bibliography: p. xxviii–xxx.
On Poetry and Style
Translated, with an introduction, by G. M. A. Grube. The Library of Liberal Arts, no. 68. Bibliography: p. xxxi–xxxii.
De Corona and De Falsa Legatione
With an English translation by C. A. Vince and J. H. Vince. Half-title: The Loeb Classical Library.
Hellenistic Religions: The Age of Syncretism
Edited by Frederick C. Grant. The Library of Religion, v. 2.
The Way and Its Power: A Study of the Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought
By Arthur Waley. “First published in 1934.” The introduction reviews Chinese thought to the end of the third century B.C.
The Chinese Classics
Edited and translated by James Legge. Volumes are shelved by period: v. 1 and v. 5 (600–500 BC, items 22A and 22B), v. 2 (400–300 BC, 105A), v. 3 (2000–1000 BC, 13A) and v. 4 (1000–800 BC, 8C).
The Republic
Translated out of the Greek by Benjamin Jowett, with his introduction, analyses and summary, and with medallions cut on wood by Fritz Kredel. The Limited Editions Club.
Phaedo
Translated by F. J. Church. With an introduction by Fulton H. Anderson. The Little Library of Liberal Arts.
Gorgias
Translated, with an introduction, by W. C. Helmbold. The Little Library of Liberal Arts.
Phaedo
Translated with introduction and commentary by R. Hackforth. The Library of Liberal Arts, no. 120.
Phaedrus
Translated with introduction and commentary by R. Hackforth. The Library of Liberal Arts, no. 119.
Phaedo
Translated with introduction, notes and appendices by R. S. Bluck. The Library of Liberal Arts, no. 110.
Protagoras
B. Jowett's translation extensively revised by Martin Ostwald. Edited, with an introduction, by Gregory Vlastos. The Library of Liberal Arts, no. 59. Bibliography: p. lvii–lviii.
Statesman
Translated by J. B. Skemp; edited, with an introduction, by Martin Ostwald. The Library of Liberal Arts, no. 57.
The Bhagavadgita
With an introductory essay, Sanskrit text, English translation and notes by S. Radhakrishnan. Part of the Mahabharata.
Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita
Text, translation of the text and of the gloss of Sridhara Swami. By Swami Vireswarananda. “First edition.” Part of the Mahabharata.
Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China
By Arthur Waley. “First published in 1939.” “This book consists chiefly of extracts from Chuang-tzu, Mencius and Han Fei Tzu.” —Pref.