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1.   Dissoi Logoi: Two-Fold or Contrasting Arguments, Anonymous (c. 425 BCE), Presentation of the method of using opposing arguments to elicit understanding, and as a tool of the sophists.
2.   Pericles' Funeral Oration, Thucydides (c. 460/455-399 BCE), Peloponnesian War (Book 2.34-46) — Homage to the political ideals of ancient Athens.
3.   Republic, Plato (~360 BCE) — Laid out the elements of an ideal political system.
4.   Apology, Plato (~360 BCE) — Socrates defends himself before the court of Athens.
5.   Crito, Plato (~360 BCE) — Socrates explains his decision to accept death rather than exile.
6.   Phaedo, Plato (~360 BCE) — Socrates discusses the duties of citizens to the state.
7.   Laws, Plato (~348 BCE) — Model laws for a republic, including sortition and militia.
8.  Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle (~350 BCE) — Laid out the moral foundations of society.
9.  Politics, Aristotle (~350 BCE) — Laid out the alternative forms of government.
10.  Rhetoric, Aristotle (~350 BCE) — How to persuade others.
11.  The Athenian Constitution, Aristotle (~350 BCE) — Relates history of experiments with various forms of government.
12.  Organon, Physics, Aristotle (~350 BCE) — Presents logic and natural science.
13.  Selections from Polybius, (~200 BCE) — History and constitution of the Roman Republic.
14.  Selections from Cicero, (~52 BCE) — Discusses principles of natural right as the foundation of law.
15.  Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Plutarch (~75) — See especially the lives of Solon, Lycurgus, Pericles, Marcus Cato, and Cato the Younger.
16.   Discourses, Epictetus (~101) — Discusses principles of liberty and natural right.
17.  Selections from Tacitus, (~110) — Ancient customs and laws.

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