From Epicurus to Epictetus : studies in Hellenistic and Roman philosophy /
A.A. Long, one of the worldơs 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...
| Основен автор: | Long, A. A. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford : Oxford ; New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=215313 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
From Epicurus to Epictetus. |
| Резюме: |
A.A. Long, one of the worldơs 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. In From Epicurus to Epictetus, Longơs focus is on the distinctive contributions and methodologies of individual thinkers, notably Epicurus, Zeno, Pyrrho, Arcesilaus, Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca and Epictetus. Placing their philosophy in its cultural context, and considering it in relation to the earlier ideas of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, he invites his readers to imagine themselves choosing between Stoicism and Epicureanism as philosophies of life. This is a book not only for scholars and experts but also thanks to the authorơs accessible style, for everyone interested in understanding the legacy and continuing relevance of ancient thought. Book cover. Also includes information on Academics, the Academy, animal life, Aristotle, astronomy, belief, bodies, body, causation, cause, excellence of character, cosmology, desire, earth, ethics, fear, friendship, gods, goodness, happiness, horoscopes, identity, justice, knowledge, logos, matter, mind, nature, necessity, pain, passion, pleasure, reason, skepticism, self, signs, soul, sun, teleology, tranquility, truth, utilitarianism, virtue, wise man, wealth, Zeus, zodiac, etc. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 439 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-411) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781435619395 1435619390 019927911X 9780199279111 0199279128 9780199279128 |