{"product_id":"augustus-invitation-to-philosophy-1","title":"Augustus: Invitation to Philosophy","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the most powerful man in the ancient world could teach you how to live?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eEnter the mind of Augustus—the first emperor of Rome—and discover what makes a life truly worth living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eAccording to the historian Suetonius, Augustus wrote a personal invitation to philosophy, inspired by the famous exhortations of Aristotle and Cicero. Like those earlier works, it was lost for nearly two thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eUntil now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThis compelling dialogue imaginatively reconstructs that legendary text. Drawing on the wisdom of Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero, Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius, it brings Augustus into conversation with his young heirs, Gaius and Lucius, as he and his courtiers teach them the most important lesson of all: how best to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn doing so, they confront questions that remain urgent today:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eWhy study philosophy at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eWhy do wealth, success, and pleasure fail to bring lasting happiness?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eWhat makes us human?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eWhy do most people avoid wisdom?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eHow should we think about death?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eAnd what makes a life worth living?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eFor the ancient Greeks and Romans, philosophy was not an academic subject but a way of life—offering clarity, freedom, self-mastery, and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAugustus: Invitation to Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e revives that lost tradition in a clear, engaging, and accessible form. Part historical reconstruction, part philosophical journey, it opens a gateway to some of the most powerful ideas ever written about how to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe invitation has arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eWill you accept it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eDr Neel Burton FRSA is a psychiatrist and philosopher. He is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College at the University of Oxford and the recipient of several book prizes. His work appears in Aeon and Psychology Today, and has been translated into multiple languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEditorial reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eA paean to the life of the mind. If you enjoyed the Stoic Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, you will absolutely love this book.\u003c\/em\u003e —\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eCharles Mauleverer, composer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWhat a lovely idea, to reconstruct the emperor Augustus’s lost Invitation to Philosophy. Neel Burton has done so with admirable scholarship and imagination.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e—Prof Armand d’Angour, classical scholar and author of Socrates in Love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eIngenious and fascinating … Neel Burton rivals the greats. All those who love history and philosophy should read this book.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e—Readers’ Favorite\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAs mental health and humanity face deepening crises, Neel is increasingly turning to the wisdom of the ancients for answers, bridging ancient philosophy and modern challenges.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e—Plato’s Academy Centre, Athens\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; cursor: text; color: #444444; padding: 0px; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGrab your copy now and accept the invitation to philosophy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acheron Press","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - PPC","offer_id":67236058923312,"sku":"9781913260538","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/augustus-invitation-to-philosophy-1","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}