From Epicurus to Epictetus (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
456
Utgivningsdatum
2006-09-01
Förlag
OUP Oxford
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black & white illustrations
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233 x 161 x 25 mm
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681 g
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1
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49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780199279128

From Epicurus to Epictetus

Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy

av A A Long
Häftad,  Engelska, 2006-09-01
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A. A. Long, one of the world's leading writers on ancient philosophy, presents eighteen essays on the philosophers and schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods---Epicureans, Stoics, and Sceptics. The discussion ranges over four centuries of innovative and challenging thought in ethics and politics, psychology, epistemology, and cosmology.
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Sara Ahbel-Rappe, The Classical Review ...stimulaating collection of essays...[Long] has helped to make Hellenistic philosophy a required subject for every student of classics and philosophy

Nathan Powers, Princeton University ...is moreover the best study of its subject to date.

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<br>A. A. Long is a Professor in the Department of Classics, University of California, Berkeley. He has been a visiting professor at many other European universities, including most recently appointment as Belle van Zuylen Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utrecht. His other books include Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics (which has been translated into eight languages), the two-volume source book, The Hellenistic Philosophers (co-authored with David Sedley), Stoic Studies, and Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life (OUP).<br>

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Preface; Acknowledgements; Citations and Abbreviations; PART ONE: GENERAL; 1. Hellenistic ethics and philosophical power; 2. Hellenistics ethics as the art of life; PART TWO: SCEPTICISM; 3. Aristotle and the history of Greek scepticism; 4. Timon: Pyrrhonist and satirist Timon: Pyrrhonist and Timon: Pyrrhonist and satirist Timon: Pyrrhonist and satirist Timon: Pyrrhonist and satirist; 5. Arcesilaus in his time and place; 6. Scepticism about gods in Hellenistic philosophy; 7. Astrology: arguments pro and contra; PART THREE: EPICUREANISM; 8. Chance and laws of nature in Epicureanism; 9. Lucretius and the Epicurean self; 10. Pleasure and social utility - the virtues of being Epicurean; PART FOUR: EARLY STOICISM; 11. Zeno's epistemology and Plato's Theaetetus; 12. Stoic psychology and the elucidation of language; 13. The Stoics on world-Conflagration and everlasting recurrence; PART FIVE: CICERO, AND ROMAN STOICISM; 14. Cicero's Plato and Aristotle; 15. Cicero's politics in De officiis; 16. Stoic philosophers on persons, property ownership and community; 17. Seneca on the self: why now?; 18. Epictetus on understanding and managing emotions; Bibliography; Index of subjects; Index locorum

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