Immortality in Ancient Philosophy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction A. G. Long; 1. The soul and the celestial afterlife in Greek philosophy before Plato Simon Trépanier; 2. Pythagorean immortality of the soul? Phillip Sidney Horky; 3. The philosopher's reward: Contemplation and immortality in Plato's dialogues Suzanne Obdrzalek; 4. Pre-existence, life-after-death, and atemporal beings in Plato's Phaedo Catherine Rowett; 5. The immortal and the imperishable in Aristotle, early Stoicism and Epicureanism A. G. Long; 6. Socrates and the symmetry argument James Warren; 7. Immortality in Philo of Alexandria Sami Yli-Karjanmaa; 8. Plotinus on immortality and the problem of personal identity Lloyd P. Gerson; 9. Truth and immortality in Augustine's Soliloquies and De Immortalitate Animae, Sebastian Gertz.  

Über den Autor / die Autorin

A. G. Long is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Conversation and Self-Sufficiency in Plato (2013) and Death and Immortality in Ancient Philosophy (2019). He edited Plato and the Stoics (2013) and translated, with David Sedley, Plato's Meno and Phaedo for Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy (2010).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: A. G. (University of St Andrews Long
• Mitarbeit: A. G. Long (Herausgeber), A. G. (University of St Andrews Long (Herausgeber), Long A. G. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781108941006
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94100-6
• Seiten: 235
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Ratgeber > Spiritualität > Esoterik; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, History of Religion, Religion and beliefs, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500