From Epicurus to Epictetus : studies in Hellenistic and Roman philosophy / / A.A. Long
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| Autore: |
Long A. A.
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| Titolo: |
From Epicurus to Epictetus : studies in Hellenistic and Roman philosophy / / A.A. Long
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 439 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 180 |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophy, Ancient |
| Skepticism | |
| Stoics | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-411) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | GENERAL -- 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 -- Zenoʼs epistemology and Platoʼs Theatetus -- Stoic psychology and the elucidation of language -- The Stoics on world-conflagration and everlasting recurrence -- CICERO AND ROMAN STOCISM -- Ciceroʼs Plato and Aristotle -- Ciceroʼs politics in De officiis -- Stoic philosophers on persons, property-ownership, and community -- Seneca on the self : why now? -- Epictetus on understanding and managing emotions. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Long, 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Studies in Hellenistic and Roman philosophy |
| Titolo autorizzato: | From Epicurus to Epictetus |
| ISBN: | 0-19-170676-0 |
| 0-19-153538-9 | |
| 1-4356-1939-0 | |
| 9786611145521 | |
| 1-281-14552-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910971445903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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