- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford (6 Dec 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199233071
- ISBN-13: 978-0199233076
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm
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offers a great deal of interesting and important work on a significant figure in ancient philosophy. (Brad Inwood, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews )
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The Stoic philosopher Epictetus has been one of the most influential of ancient thinkers, both in antiquity itself and in modern times. Theodore Scaltsas and Andrew S. Mason present ten specially written papers which discuss Epictetus' thought on a wide range of subjects, including ethics, logic, theology, and psychology; explore his relations to his predecessors (including his two philosophical heroes, Socrates and Diogenes the Cynic, as well as the earlier Stoic tradition); and examine his influence on later thinkers. Written by some of the leading experts in the field, the essays in this volume will be a fascinating resource for students and scholars of ancient philosophy, and anyone with in an interest in the Stoic attitude to life.
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Both Seneca and Marcus Aurelius, who are besides Epictetus our main examples of Stoic philosophy in Imperial times, show considerable ambivalence about ethical theory itself (philosophical argumentation of a 'technical' sort about how to live our lives) and about the relevance of extensive knowledge of it to their projects of improving their own lives and (in Seneca's case) helping readers to improve theirs. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Both Seneca and Marcus Aurelius, who are besides Epictetus our main examples of Stoic philosophy in Imperial times, show considerable ambivalence about ethical theory itself (philosophical argumentation of a 'technical' sort about how to live our lives) and about the relevance of extensive knowledge of it to their projects of improving their own lives and (in Seneca's case) helping readers to improve theirs. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
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