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Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds - A History of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
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Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds - A History of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Series: a History of Philosophy
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Peter Adamson offers an accessible, humorous tour through a period
of eight hundred years when some of the most influential of all
schools of thought were formed: from the third century BC to the
sixth century AD. He introduces us to Cynics and Skeptics,
Epicureans and Stoics, emperors and slaves, and traces the
development of Christian and Jewish philosophy and of ancient
science. Chapters are devoted to such major figures as Epicurus,
Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, and Augustine. But in keeping
with the motto of the series, the story is told 'without any gaps,'
providing an in-depth look at less familiar topics that remains
suitable for the general reader. For instance, there are chapters
on the fascinating but relatively obscure Cyrenaic philosophical
school, on pagan philosophical figures like Porphyry and
Iamblichus, and extensive coverage of the Greek and Latin Christian
Fathers who are at best peripheral in most surveys of ancient
philosophy. A major theme of the book is in fact the competition
between pagan and Christian philosophy in this period, and the
Jewish tradition also appears in the shape of Philo of Alexandria.
Ancient science is also considered, with chapters on ancient
medicine and the interaction between philosophy and astronomy.
Considerable attention is paid also to the wider historical
context, for instance by looking at the ascetic movement in
Christianity and how it drew on ideas from Hellenic philosophy.
From the counter-cultural witticisms of Diogenes the Cynic to the
subtle skepticism of Sextus Empiricus, from the irreverent atheism
of the Epicureans to the ambitious metaphysical speculation of
Neoplatonism, from the ethical teachings of Marcus Aurelius to the
political philosophy of Augustine, the book gathers together all
aspects of later ancient thought in an accessible and entertaining
way.
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