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EPICTETUS AMP LAYPEOPLEA STOIC

Autor Erlend D. MacGillivray
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 iul 2020
Erlend D. MacGillivray's Epictetus and Laypeople: A Stoic Stance toward the Rest of Humanity explores the understanding that ancient philosophers had towards the vast majority of people at the time, those who had no philosophical knowledge or adherence-laypeople. After exploring how philosophical identity was established in antiquity, this book examines the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, who reflected upon laypeople with remarkable frequency. MacGillivray shows that Epictetus maintained his stance that a small and distinguishable group of philosophically aware individuals existed, alongside his conviction that most of humanity can be inclined to act in accordance with virtuous principles by their dependence upon preconceptions, civic law, popular religion, exempla, and the adoption of primitive conditions, among other means. This book also highlights other Stoics and their commentators to show that the means of lay reform that MacGillivray explores were not just implicitly understood in antiquity, but reveal a well-developed system of thought in the school which has, until now, evaded the notice of modern scholars.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781793618238
ISBN-10: 1793618232
Pagini: 254
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

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Cuprins

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Establishing a Philosophical Identity in Antiquity

Chapter Two: Limitations on Moral Advancement

Chapter Three: The Selective Engagement of Laypeople

Chapter Four: Non-Scholastic Instruction and Primitive HumanityChapter Five: Preconceptions

Chapter Six: Civic Religion and LawChapter Seven: Exempla

Conclusion

References

About the Author


Descriere

This book is the first study to explore an ancient philosopher's attitude towards the vast majority of society, who had no knowledge or affiliation with philosophy-namely laypeople. It reveals that Epictetus held a sophisticated viewpoint regarding laypeople and envisaged means for lay reform outside of philosophical study.