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Subtitle: A gnostic gospel (with extracts from the books of the saviour appended)--originally translated from Greek into coptic and now for the first time Englished from Schwartze's Latin version of the only known coptic ms. and checked by…

From the beginnings to Socrates -- Socrates and the platonic forms -- The philosophy of Plato's maturity -- Aristotle -- Epicurus and the Stoics -- The Middle Platonists and Philo of Alexandria -- The philosophy of late antiquity -- The debate about…

Few figures in history evoke the curiosity or command the attention that Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Tutankhamen do. Pharaoh Akhenaten founded the city of Amarna 3,500 years ago. In this volume the fascinating Amarna Period of ancient Egypt comes to…

The ruins of Petra, the ancient Nabatean capital in today's Jordan, constitute one of the most extraordinary and fascinating monumental complexes of the ancient world for the outstanding quality of the architecture and for the city's remarkable…

After Harold Brown's arrest for trespassing and willful violation of a temporary restraining order at the Bank of America demonstrations of summer 1964, members of the community petitioned to each serve a day of his jail time. The community…