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From Epicurus to Epictetus - Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy (Paperback)
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From Epicurus to Epictetus - Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy (Paperback)
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A.A. Long, one of the world's leading writers on ancient
philosophy, presents eighteen essays on the philosophers and
schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods--Epicureans, Stoics,
and Sceptics. The discussion ranges over four centuries of
innovative and challenging thought in ethics and politics,
psychology, epistemology, and cosmology. In From Epicurus to
Epictetus, Long's focus is on the distinctive contributions and
methodologies of individual thinkers, notably Epicurus, Zeno,
Pyrrho, Arcesilaus, Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca, and Epictetus.
Placing their philosophy in its cultural context, and considering
it in relation to the earlier ideas of Socrates, Plato and
Aristotle, he invites his readers to imagine themselves choosing
between Stoicism and Epicureanism as philosophies of life. All but
one of these pieces has been previously published in periodicals or
conference volumes, but the author has revised and updated
everything, and has also added postscripts to many of the essays.
This is a book not only for scholars and experts but also, thanks
to the author's accessible style, for everyone interested in
understanding the legacy and continuing relevance of ancient
thought.
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