Philosophy in the Roman Empire - Ethics, Politics and Society

Michael Trapp draws on a broad range of sources for this study of Imperial period philosophical thought. The distinctive doctrines of the many individual philosophical schools are outlined, as well as the choices they presented to the potential philosophical convert.? Trapp also addresses the elitist status of philosophy itself and the ways in which it may have posed a threat to other values.

List of contents

Contents: Preface; 'Ethics', 'philosophy' and philosophia; Perfection and progress; The passions; Self, person and individual; Self and others; Politics 1: constitutions and the ruler; Politics 2: good communities; Politics 3: philosophia in politics and the community; Philosophia and the mainstream; Appendix; Bibliography; Indexes.

About the author

Michael Trapp is Professor of Greek Literature and Thought at King's College London, UK. He has previously published an edition and a translation of the Discourses of Maximus of Tyre, and a wide range of papers on the philosophy and philosphical literature of the Imperial period. His most recent works are Greek and Latin Letters. An Anthology (CUP, 2003), and two volumes of edited papers Socrates from Antiquity to the Enlightenment and Socrates in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (both Ashgate, 2007).

Summary

Michael Trapp draws on a broad range of sources for this study of Imperial period philosophical thought. The distinctive doctrines of the many individual philosophical schools are outlined, as well as the choices they presented to the potential philosophical convert. Trapp also addresses the elitist status of philosophy itself and the ways in which it may have posed a threat to other values.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Trapp, Professor Michael Trapp
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781138270794
• ISBN: 978-1-138-27079-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Ashgate Ancient Philosophy Series; Ashgate Ancient Philosophy Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Philosophy of religion