The Epicurean philosophical system has enjoyed much recent scrutiny, but the question of its philosophical ancestry remains largely neglected. This book traces its origins in the fifth-century BC atomist Democritus, in his fourth-century followers such as Anaxarchus and Pyrrho, and in Epicurus' disagreements with his own Democritean teacher Nausiphanes. The result is not only a fascinating reconstruction of a lost tradition, but also an important contribution to the philosophical interpretation of Epicureanism, bearing especially on its ideal of tranquillity and on the relation of ethics to physics.
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Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia
The Epicurean philosophical system has enjoyed much recent scrutiny, but the question of its philosophical ancestry remains largely neglected. This book traces its origins in the fifth-century BC atomist Democritus, in his fourth-century followers such as Anaxarchus and Pyrrho, and in Epicurus' disagreements with his own Democritean teacher Nausiphanes. The result is not only a fascinating reconstruction of a lost tradition, but also an important contribution to the philosophical interpretation of Epicureanism, bearing especially on its ideal of tranquillity and on the relation of ethics to physics.
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Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia
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Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521034456 |
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| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 12/14/2006 |
| Series: | Cambridge Classical Studies |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.59(d) |
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