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Zusatztext There is a curiosly popular conception of studies in ancient philosphy being "mere history of" philosophy as opposed to work citing more recent authors being the actual stuff. A less common but similarly limited misnomer is the replacement of good old "classical philology" with "study of antiquity". Gandhi and the Stoics could even enlighten sould shadowed by such limitations. Informationen zum Autor Richard Sorabji is author or editor of over 100 books in the History of Philosophy. Three authored books deal with the nature of the physical universe (Necessity, Cause and Blame; Time, Creation and the Continuum; Matter, Space and Motion). Four deal with Mind and Morals (Animal Minds and Human Morals; Emotion and Peace of Mind; Aristotle on Memory; Self: Individuality, Life and Death). He has written a biography, Opening Doors, of the pioneer lawyer, Cornelia Sorabji. His next book will be Moral Conscience through the Ages. He is Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford; Fellow and Emeritus Professor of King's College, London; former Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, London, 1991-6; former President of the Aristotelian Society, 1985-6; and former Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 2000-2003. Klappentext "Was Gandhi a philosopher? Yes." So begins this remarkable investigation of the guiding principles that motivated the transformative public acts of one of the top historical figures of the twentieth century. Richard Sorabji, continuing his exploration of the many connections between South Asian thought and ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, brings together in this volume the unlikely pairing of Mahatma Gandhi and the Stoics, uncovering a host of parallels that suggests a deep affinity spanning the two millennia between them. While scholars have long known Gandhi's direct Western influences to be Platonic and Christian, Sorabji shows how a look at Gandhi's convergence with the Stoics works mutually, throwing light on both of them. Both emphasized emotional detachment, which provided a necessary freedom, a suspicion of universal rules of conduct that led to a focus not on human rights but human duties--the personally determined paths each individual must make for his or her self. By being "indifferent," paradoxically, both the Stoics and Gandhi could "love" manifoldly. In drawing these links to the fore, Sorabji demonstrates the comparative consistency of Gandhi's philosophical ideas, isolating the specific ideological strengths that were required to support some of the most consequential political acts and experiments in how to live. Zusammenfassung Richard Sorabji presents a fascinating study of Gandhi's philosophy in comparison with Christian and Stoic thought. He shows that Gandhi was a true philosopher, who not only aimed to give a consistent self-critical rationale for his views, but also thought himself obliged to live by what he taught. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Gandhi's use of Platonic, Christian, and Stoic values: reinterpretation, experimentation, and mere convergence 1: Emotional detachment: how to square it with love of family and all humans in the Stoics and Gandhi 2: Emotional detachment: how to square with politics in the Stoics and Gandhi 3: Individual freedom: Gandhi's and Isaiah Berlin on Zeno's--sour grapes? 4: Non-violence as universal love: origins and Gandhi's supplements to Tolstoy--dilemmas, successes, and failures 5: From universal love to human rights? 6: Individual duty: persona, svadharma 7: General rules in morality 8: Moral conscience 9: Restrictions on private property in Gandhi, Christianity, Plato, and the Stoics 10: Isaiah Berlin's Stoic revolution: depoliticisation Select Bibliography Index ...
