'Empty are the words of that philosopher who offers therapy for no
human suffering. For just as there is no use in medical expertise
if it does not give therapy for bodily diseases, so too there is no
use in philosophy if it does not expel the suffering of the soul.'
The philosopher Epicurus gave famous voice to a conception of
philosophy as a cure or remedy for the maladies of the human soul.
What has not until now received attention is just how prominent an
idea this has been across a whole spectrum of philosophical
tradition. Philosophy as Therapeia presents a collection of papers
by leading scholars, providing a new reading of the history of
philosophy, one which perhaps contradicts those who have wanted to
maintain that philosophy is a peculiarly European cultural product,
and instead affirms its identity as a global intellectual practice.
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