Epicurus and Democritean Ethics - An Archaeology of Ataraxia

This 2002 book explores the origins of the Epicurean philosophical system in the fifth and fourth centuries BC.

Sommario

List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Epicurus, Democritus and ataraxia; 1. Introducing the Democriteans; 2. Democritus' ethics and atomist psychologies; 3. Anaxarchus' moral stage; 4. Pyrrho and Timon: inhuman indifference; 5. Polystratus and Epicurean pigs; 6. Hecataeus of Abdera's instructive ethnography; 7. Nausiphanes' compelling rhetoric; Conclusion: Epicurus and Democriteanism: determinism, scepticism and ethics; Bibliography; Index locorum; General index.

Info autore

James Warren is Assistant Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

Riassunto

This 2002 book explores the neglected question of the ancestry of the Epicurean philosophical system by tracing its origins in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. An important contribution is thereby made to the philosophical interpretation of Epicureanism, especially on its ideal of tranquillity and the relation of ethics to physics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Warren James, James Warren
• Con la collaborazione di: P. E. Easterling (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.10.2011
• EAN: 9780521813693
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81369-3
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 145 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 497 g
• Serie: Cambridge Classical Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie