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The Cyrenaics (Hardcover, New)
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The Cyrenaics (Hardcover, New)
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"Essential reading for all students of ancient philosophy -- and a
special provocation to anyone tempted to write as if 'Classical'
thought is exhausted by Plato and his school." -- Geore
Boys-Stones, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Durham University
"Compulsive reading for anyone who hopes to grasp the wide range of
philosophical opinions that vied for attention in the two golden
centuries that followed the death of Socrates." -- Denis O'Brien,
former Directeur de recherche, Centre Nationale de Recherche
Scientifique, Paris "An important contribution to the continuing
rehabilitation of Hellenistic philosophy." -- C. J. Rowe, Emeritus
Professor of Greek, Durham University The Cyrenaic school of
philosophy (named after its founder Aristippus' native city of
Cyrene in North Africa) flourished in the fifth and fourth
centuries BCE. This book begins by introducing the main figures of
the Cyrenaic school beginning with Aristippus and setting them in
their historical context. Once the reader is familiar with those
figures and with the genealogy of the school, the book offers an
overview of ancient and modern interpretations of the Cyrenaics,
providing readers with alternative accounts of the doctrines they
endorsed and of the role they played in the context of ancient
thought. Finally, the book offers a reconstruction of Cyrenaic
philosophy and shows how the ethical side of their speculation
connected with the epistemology and ontology they endorsed and
that, as a result, the Cyrenaics were able to offer a quite
sophisticated philosophy. Indeed, Zilioli demonstrates that they
represented, in ancient philosophy, an important and original
metaphysical position and alternative to the kind of realism
endorsed by Plato and Aristotle.
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