Cambridge Companion to Ancient Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Bobonich is C. I. Lewis Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, California, and has published extensively on Plato and Aristotle. He is the author of Plato's Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics (2002), co-editor of Akrasia in Greek Philosophy: From Socrates to Plotinus (2007), and editor of Plato's 'Laws': A Critical Guide (Cambridge, 2010). Klappentext A comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of ancient Greek ethical thought, investigating the figures, movements, and themes of this branch of philosophy. Zusammenfassung Covering the full range of Greek ethical thought! this volume includes chapters on the schools of Plato! Aristotle! and the Stoics! and on themes from love and virtue to impartiality and elitism. With cutting-edge research from leading scholars! this Companion will be invaluable for students of ancient philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Christopher Bobonich; Part I. Origins: 1. What is pre-Socratic ethics? André Laks; 2. The historical Socrates David Conan Wolfsdorf; Part II. Plato: 3. Virtue and happiness Daniel Devereux; 4. Ethical psychology Rachana Kamtekar; 5. Love and friendship Frisbee Sheffield; Part III. Aristotle: 6. Virtue and happiness David Charles; 7. Ethical psychology Jessica Moss; 8. Love and friendship Corinne Gartner; Part IV. The Hellenistics and Beyond: 9. Epicurus and the Epicureans on ethics Raphael Woolf; 10. The Stoics on virtue and happiness Katja Vogt; 11. The Stoics' ethical psychology Margaret Graver; 12. Skeptical ethics Luca Castagnoli; 13. Ethics in Plotinus and his successors Dominic O'Meara; Part V. Themes: 14. Ancient Eudaimonism and modern morality Julia Annas; 15. Partiality and impartiality in ancient ethics Richard Kraut; 16. Elitism in Plato and Aristotle Christopher Bobonich; 17. Becoming godlike David Sedley; 18. Horace and practical philosophy Terence Irwin.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Christopher Bobonich, Christopher (Stanford University Bobonich
• Mitarbeit: Christopher Bobonich (Herausgeber), Christopher (Stanford University Bobonich (Herausgeber), Bobonich Christopher (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781107053915
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05391-5
• Seiten: 410
• Serien: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy; Cambridge Companions to Philos; Cambridge Companions to Philosophy; Cambridge Companions to Philos
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500