Classic Greek and Roman

Documents by and about major figures such as Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine, as well as information about general philosophical movements from antiquity.

Resources in this category:

Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics.
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/artistotle.html

What is good? How should one act in order to be good? How should one act in order to have a good life? Aristotle's ten-part treatise examines these questions and their logical extensions in an ordered, rational fashion, and has been one of the most-read books for over two thousand years.

Augustine of Hippo
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html

This site created by J.J. O'Donnell, Augustine scholar and Provost of Georgetown University, offers an extensive collection of materials on the life and work of Augustine of Hippo. These include a fine introduction, Latin texts, translations of "Confessions," "On Christian Doctrine," excerpts from "City of God," links to many other complete texts, an array of commentaries and other secondary scholarly materials, a collection of images, and a large bibliography of primary and secondary materials. This is a very well-maintained site.

Epicurus & Epicurean Philosophy
http://www.epicurus.net/

"Comprehensive survey of Epicurean philosophy, including ancient texts, history, bibliography, related links, and e-mail discussion group."

Greek Philosophy Archive
http://dkknox.myweb.uga.edu/archive/Greek.html

From this site you can download the Dialogues of Plato, the works of Aristotle, the meditations of Marcus Aurelius, and the works of other Greek philosophers such as Epictetus and Plotinus. Images of Ancient Greek sculpture, ceramics, mosaics, and architecture are also included, as well as links to other Classics and Philosophy sites.

Plato and His Dialogues
http://plato-dialogues.org/

Resource dedicated to the life and work of Greek philosopher Plato. Site includes a biography, listing of works, and links to dialogues on the Web.

Plato on ILT Web
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/publications/projects/digitexts/...

Nine of Plato's dialogues as translated by Benjamin Jowett, with a short biography.