Studies in Stoicism

Informationen zum Autor P. A. Brunt was formerly Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of OxfordMiriam Griffin is Emeritus Fellow of Somerville College, OxfordAlison Samuels is Associate Lecturer at the Open University Klappentext Studies in Stoicism contains six unpublished and seven republished essays, the latter incorporating additions and changes which Brunt wished to be made. The papers have been integrated and arranged in chronological order by subject matter, with an accessible lecture to the Oxford Philological Society serving as Brunt's own introduction. Zusammenfassung Studies in Stoicism contains six unpublished and seven republished essays, the latter incorporating additions and changes which Brunt wished to be made. The papers have been integrated and arranged in chronological order by subject matter, with an accessible lecture to the Oxford Philological Society serving as Brunt's own introduction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editors' Introduction 1: Chrysippus on Practical Morality 2: Political Attitudes of the Old Stoa 3: Morality and Social Convention in Stoic Thought 4: Aspects of the social thought of Dio Chrysostom and the Stoics 5: Panaetius in De Officiis 6: Cicero's Officium in the Civil War 7: Stoicism and the Principate 8: High Ranking Stoics under the Principate 9: From Epictetus to Arrian 10: Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations 11: Marcus Aurelius and Slavery 12: Marcus Aurelius and the Christians 13: Late Stoic Moralists Bibliography of the works of P.A.Brunt Bibliography to the unpublished papers Index

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• Authors: A. Brunt, P A Brunt, P. A. Brunt, P. A./ Griffin Brunt, Brunt P. A., Michael Crawford, Miriam Griffin, Alison Samuels
• Assisted by: Miriam Griffin (Editor), Alison Samuels (Editor), Samuels Alison (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199695850
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969585-0
• No. of pages: 592
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory