Aisthēsis in Aristotelian and Epicurean Thought
Author | : Friedrich Solmsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Aisthēsis (The Greek word) |
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Author | : Friedrich Solmsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Aisthēsis (The Greek word) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Peter Anton |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 1971-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780873956239 |
Papers presented to the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy since its beginnings in the 1950's.
Author | : Friedrich Solmsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Aisthesis (The word) |
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Author | : Epicurus |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 2017-10-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1387275291 |
Epicurus posited a materialistic physics, in which pleasure, by which he meant freedom from pain, is the highest good. Serenity, the harmony of mind and body, is best achieved, through virtue and simple living.
Author | : Tim O'Keefe |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2014-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317492560 |
The Epicurean school of philosophy was one of the dominant philosophies of the Hellenistic period. Founded by Epicurus of Samos (century 341-270 BCE) it was characterized by an empiricist epistemology and a hedonistic ethics. This new introduction to Epicurus offers readers clear exposition of the central tenets of Epicurus' philosophy, with particular stress placed on those features that have enduring philosophical interest and where parallels can be drawn with debates in contemporary analytic philosophy. Part 1 of the book examines the fundamentals of Epicurus' metaphysics, including atoms and the void, emergent and sensible properties, cosmology, mechanistic biology, the nature and functioning of the mind, death, and freedom of action. Part 2 explores Epicurus' epistemology, including his arguments against scepticism and his ideas on sensations, preconceptions and feelings. The final part deals with Epicurus' ethics, exploring his arguments for hedonism, his distinctive conceptions of types of pleasure and desire, his belief in virtue, his notions of justice, friendship and his theology. O'Keefe provides extended exegesis of the arguments supporting Epicurus' positions, indicating their strengths and weaknesses, while showing the connections between the various parts of his philosophy and how Epicureanism hangs together as a whole.
Author | : Tony Fitzpatrick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Epicureans (Greek philosophy) |
ISBN | : 9781786432001 |
The ancient moral philosophy of Epicureanism offers many valuable lessons for the modern world. How to Live Well updates and modifies Epicurean philosophy to offer an exciting new framework for contemporary social reform. How To Live Well provides a synopsis of the key facets of Epicureanism and offers a history of Epicureanism across the past twenty centuries. Fitzpatrick identifies the core criticisms of Epicureanism and compares it with Aristotelian thought. In light of these criticisms, he proposes a ?new epicureanism?, based around four key subjects: liberty and freedom, justice and community, our obligations to other humans and nonhumans, and social justice and reform. Rejecting classical Epicurean hostility towards public intervention, How To Live Well proposes that ?new Epicureans? must promote and defend social fairness, and equate personal with communal well-being. An ethos of ?social guarantee? could help rethink our social welfare systems, our use of public spaces, economic and employment systems, contextualising all of these in terms of the need for long-term ecological sustainability. Relating Epicurus to contemporary ideas and debates in politics and social reform, this book will be of interest to students of applied philosophy, ethics and social policy, as well as those with an interest in social theory and welfare.
Author | : David Konstan |
Publisher | : Parmenides Publishing |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2008-11-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1930972571 |
Epicurus, and his Roman disciple Lucretius, held that the primary cause of human unhappiness was an irrational fear of death. What is more, they believed that a clear understanding of the nature of the world would help to eliminate this fear. They contended that if man recognizes that the universe and everything in it is made up of atoms and empty space, he will see that the soul cannot possibly survive the extinction of the body-and no harm can occur to him after he dies. A fascinating exploration of Epicureanism as a coherent analysis of irrational fears, desires, and beliefs, including a look at why they persist even in modern societies.
Author | : Catherine Wilson |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2008-06-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191553522 |
This landmark study examines the role played by the rediscovery of the writings of the ancient atomists, Epicurus and Lucretius, in the articulation of the major philosophical systems of the seventeenth century, and, more broadly, their influence on the evolution of natural science and moral and political philosophy. The target of sustained and trenchant philosophical criticism by Cicero, and of opprobrium by the Christian Fathers of the early Church, for its unflinching commitment to the absence of divine supervision and the finitude of life, the Epicurean philosophy surfaced again in the period of the Scientific Revolution, when it displaced scholastic Aristotelianism. Both modern social contract theory and utilitarianism in ethics were grounded in its tenets. Catherine Wilson shows how the distinctive Epicurean image of the natural and social worlds took hold in philosophy, and how it is an acknowledged, and often unacknowledged presence in the writings of Descartes, Gassendi, Hobbes, Boyle, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley. With chapters devoted to Epicurean physics and cosmology, the corpuscularian or "mechanical" philosophy, the question of the mortality of the soul, the grounds of political authority, the contested nature of the experimental philosophy, sensuality, curiosity, and the role of pleasure and utility in ethics, the author makes a persuasive case for the significance of materialism in seventeenth-century philosophy without underestimating the depth and significance of the opposition to it, and for its continued importance in the contemporary world. Lucretius's great poem, On the Nature of Things, supplies the frame of reference for this deeply-researched inquiry into the origins of modern philosophy. .
Author | : John P. Anton |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 1984-06-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0791495035 |
Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy, Volume Two, reflects the refinements in scholarship and philosophical analysis that have impacted classical philosophy in recent years. It is a selection of the best papers presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy during the last decade. The papers presented indicate a shift in accent from a predominant preference for the application of linguistic methods in the study of texts to a more intensified concern for contextual examinations of philosophical concepts. The works of both younger scholars and senior authors show a more liberal, yet controlled, use of historical and cultural elements in interpretation. The papers also reflect advances in scholarship in adjacent fields of Greek studies. From pre-Socratic to post-Aristotelian philosophers, the papers in this volume are intended to stimulate interest in the major accomplishments of classical philosophers. This work augments its companion volume Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy.
Author | : Epicurus |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2019-11-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0486833038 |