A. A. Long From Epicurus To Epictetus Studies In Hellenistic And Roman Philosophy
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- A. A. Long From Epicurus To Epictetus Studies In Hellenistic And Roman Philosophy
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- 1910
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A. A. Long From Epicurus To Epictetus Studies In Hellenistic And Roman Philosophy
Author: Anthony Arthur Long
Year: 1910
I. GENERAL 1. Hellenistic ethics and philosophical power 3 2. Hellenistic ethics as the art of life 23 II. SCEPTICISM 3. Aristotle and the history of Greek scepticism 43 4. Timon of Phlius: Pyrrhonist and satirist 70 5. Arcesilaus in his time and place 96 6. Scepticism about gods 114 7. Astrology: arguments pro and contra 128 III. EPICUREANISM 8. Chance and laws of nature in Epicureanism 157 9. Pleasure and social utility: the virtues of being Epicurean 178 10. Lucretius on nature and the Epicurean self 202 IV. EARLY STOICISM 11. Zeno’s epistemology and Plato’s Theaetetus 223 12. Stoic psychology and the elucidation of language 236 13. The Stoics on world-conflagration and everlasting recurrence 256 V. CICERO, AND ROMAN STOICISM 14. Cicero’s Plato and Aristotle 285 15. Cicero’s politics in De officiis 307 16. Stoic philosophers on persons, property-ownership, and community 335 17. Seneca on the self: why now? 360 18. Epictetus on understanding and managing emotions 377