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The Art of Living: The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy de Dr John Sellars

The Art of Living: The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy: BCPaperbacks

Autor Dr John Sellars
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mar 2009
If ancient philosophers did think that philosophy should transform an individual's way of life, then what conception of philosophy stands behind this claim? This book intends to explore this question via a detailed account of ancient Stoic ideas about the nature and function of philosophy.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781853997242
ISBN-10: 1853997242
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:2
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bristol Classical Press
Seria BCPaperbacks

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Asks the crucial question of how we should understand and practise philosophy

Notă biografică

John Sellars is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of the West of England, in Bristol, and a member of Wolfson College, Oxford, UK.

Cuprins

Preface to the Second Edition Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Topic 2 The Structure PART I: 1 Philosophy and Biography 2 The Socratic Origins of the Art of Living 3 The Stoic Conception of the Art of Living 4 Sceptical Objections PART II: 5 Philosophical Exercises 6 Exercises in the Handbook of Epictetus 7 Exercises in the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Conclusion Additional Notes Glossary of Greek Words and Phrases Guide to Ancient Philosophers and Authors Bibliography Index Locorum General Index

Recenzii

Lucid and well-documented ... a useful contribution to the expanding body of new work on Hellenistic-Roman - especially Stoic - practical ethics.
Sheds new light on the way philosophy was conceived ... rekindles the crucial question of how we should understand and practise philosophy.

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If ancient philosophers did think that philosophy should transform an individual's way of life, then what conception of philosophy stands behind this claim? This book intends to explore this question via a detailed account of ancient Stoic ideas about the nature and function of philosophy.