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Miller, Patrick L. 2011. <i>Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy</i>. London ; New York: Continuum. The Greek philosophers treated God or the gods very differently. While Aristotle did not see their importance, others, like Plato, saw the central role of religion and the gods in our lives. This book is key to understanding these various ideas when it came to religion.
Sharif Khan, Mohammad, and Mohammad Anwar Saleem. 1994. <i>Muslim Philosophy and Philosophers </i>. New Delhi, India: Ashish Pub. House. Muslim philosophy and philosophers were critical to the survival of some of the early Greek philosophers, as they were avid learners and preservers of these older traditions. This work helps to explain that relationship and how Greek philosophy shaped early Muslim though and eventually was transmitted to Medieval Europe.
Sedley, D. N., ed. 2003. <i>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.
Graham, Daniel W., ed. 2010. <i>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.
