Stoicism has had a diverse reception in German philosophy. This is
the first interpretive study of shared themes and dialogues between
late nineteenth-century and twentieth-century experts on classical
antiquity and philosophers. Assessing how modern philosophers have
incorporated ancient resources with the context of German
philosophy, chapters in this volume are devoted to philosophical
giants such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Wilhelm Dilthey, Walter
Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Hans Jonas, Hans
Blumenberg, and Peter Sloterdijk. Among the ancient Stoics, the
focus is on Seneca, Epictetus, and doxography, but reference will
also be made to texts that have so far been neglected by
non-specialists. Often references to Stoic texts are playful,
making it hard for non-specialists to reconstruct their
understanding of the sources; by illuminating and enhancing the
philosophical significance of these receptions, this book argues
that they can change our understanding of Greek and Roman Stoic
doctrines and authors, twentieth-century continental philosophy,
and the themes which coordinate their ongoing dialogues. Some of
these themes are surprising for Stoicism, such as the poetics of
tragic drama and the anthropological foundations of hermeneutics.
Others are already central to Stoic reception, such as the
constitution of the subject in relation to various ethical,
ecological, and metaphysical powers and processes; among these are
contemplation and knowledge; identity and plurality; temporality,
facticity, and fate; and personal, social, and planetary forms of
self-cultivation and self-appropriation. Addressing the need for a
synoptic vision of related continental readings of Stoicism, this
book brings ancient texts into new dialogues with up-to-date
scholarship, facilitating increased understanding, critical
evaluation, and creative innovation within the continental response
to Stoicism.
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