(December 25, 2014 at 4:08 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: 1 pre-Socratic philosopher and 1 historian.
1 book by Plato, not including the Republic (which I plan on buying already).
2 books by Aristotle
1 or 2 other Greek philosophers and/or historians
2 or 3 Roman philosophers and/or historians
1 book by Cicero.
I think that should be a good entry collection. Thanks for your help.
I recommend Thucydides, he was a general and wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War. He greatly influenced Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
From Plato I recommend Apology and Crito.
Aristotle - Nichomachean Ethics
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations - a great book