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==Top Ten Books==
Cohen, S. Marc, Patricia Curd, and C. D. C. Reeve, eds. 2011. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1603844627/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1603844627&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=dff619bb00dc8b404854f0c0b8d9e16b Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales to Aristotle]</i>. 4th ed. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub. This work is considered the standard introductory book on Greek philosophers. If you want to know how the philosophers developed and some of the key thinks, including Plato and Aristotle, then this book explains a lot of this story and how the philosophers developed their schools in a time of great change in Greece.
[[File:AncientGreekPhilosophy.png|thumbnail|250px|<i>Ancient Greek Philosophy</i>]]
Russell, Bertrand. 1996. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671201581/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0671201581&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=12862945d4b559d42fe6f6c19f4f6e84 History of Western Philosophy]</i>. Reprinted. Routledge Classics. London: Routledge. This is perhaps the best selling book on Western and Greek philosophy in the 20th century. It was reprinted time and time again. It helps to explain, using clear description, how Western philosophy developed, particularly influenced by the Greek philosophers.
Sedley, D. N., ed. 2003. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521446678/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0521446678&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=5e3a801af7662b178df4a82787fad77b The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy]</i>. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. This book provides a survey approach for some of the ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, covering Pythagoras, one of the early philosophers, to Cicero, one of the important Roman thinkers and theorists in the 1st century BCE.
[[File:Illustrerad_Verldshistoria_band_I_Ill_107.jpg|thumbnail|250px|Thales of Miletus]]
Graham, Daniel W., ed. 2010. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521608422/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0521608422&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=0f047751e93eb68f921ad078cab79538 The Texts of Early Greek Philosophy: The Complete Fragments and Selected Testimonies of the Major Presocratics]</i>. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. What is striking to those who study Greek Philosophy is how little of their works actually survived and often we have passed on testimonials rather than first hand writing to describe what the philosophies were. The Presocratics were the first set of important philosophers and their fragmentary writings are very important to reconstructing their early thoughts. This work presents the key fragments.
Soupios, Michael A., and Panos Mourdoukoutas. 2009. <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1571746056/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1571746056&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=80b49a210549d73e31b149d9a657e5a7 The Ten Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living the Good Life]</i>. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Pub. Co., Inc. This book exemplifies how modern living tries to use wisdom from Greek philosophy to build general rules of life. From Epicurus' concept of simple happiness to Aristotle's concepts of seeking knowledge, these ideas are melded to make them timeless.
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