LEADER 03085nam 22006494a 450 001 9910971445903321 005 20251002225238.0 010 $a0-19-170676-0 010 $a0-19-153538-9 010 $a1-4356-1939-0 010 $a9786611145521 010 $a1-281-14552-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000375639 035 $a(EBL)3053195 035 $a(OCoLC)190917863 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000086978 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11121223 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086978 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10052435 035 $a(PQKB)11683065 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3053195 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3053195 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10283572 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114552 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000375639 100 $a20060612d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom Epicurus to Epictetus $estudies in Hellenistic and Roman philosophy /$fA.A. Long 210 $aOxford $cClarendon Press ;$aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 439 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-19-927911-X 311 08$a0-19-927912-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [395]-411) and indexes. 327 $aGENERAL -- Hellenistic ethics and philosophical power -- Hellenistic ethics as the art of life -- SCEPTICISM -- Aristotle and the history of Greek scepticism -- Timon of Phlius : Pyrrhonist and satirist -- Arcesilaus in his time and place -- Scepticism about gods -- Astrology : arguments pro and contra -- EPICUREANISM -- Chance and laws of nature in Epicureanism -- Pleasure and social utility : the virtues of being Epicurean -- Lucretius on nature and the Epicurean self -- EARLY STOCISM -- Zeno?s epistemology and Plato?s Theatetus -- Stoic psychology and the elucidation of language -- The Stoics on world-conflagration and everlasting recurrence -- CICERO AND ROMAN STOCISM -- Cicero?s Plato and Aristotle -- Cicero?s politics in De officiis -- Stoic philosophers on persons, property-ownership, and community -- Seneca on the self : why now? -- Epictetus on understanding and managing emotions. 330 8 $aLong, one of the world's leading writers on ancient philosophy presents 18 essays on the philosophers and schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The discussion ranges over four centuries of innovative and challenging thought in ethics and politics, psychology, epistemology, and cosmology. 517 3 $aStudies in Hellenistic and Roman philosophy 606 $aPhilosophy, Ancient 606 $aSkepticism 606 $aStoics 615 0$aPhilosophy, Ancient. 615 0$aSkepticism. 615 0$aStoics. 676 $a180 700 $aLong$b A. A.$0160807 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971445903321 996 $aFrom Epicurus to Epictetus$9805704 997 $aUNINA