Birth of Hedonism - The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure As a Way of Life

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Kurt Lampe

Résumé

According to Xenophon, Socrates tried to persuade his associate Aristippus to moderate his excessive indulgence in wine, women, and food, arguing that only hard work can bring happiness. Aristippus wasn't convinced. Instead, he and his followers espoused the most radical form of hedonism in ancient Western philosophy. Before the rise of the better

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Kurt Lampe
• Edition: Princeton University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 09.05.2017
• EAN: 9780691176383
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17638-3
• Pages: 304
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500