Stoic Philosophy - Brossura

Rist, J. M.

 
9780521292016: Stoic Philosophy

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Professor Rist examines in detail philosophical problems discussed by leading members of the Stoic school.

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Professor Rist examines in detail a series of philosophical problems discussed by leading members of the Stoic school. He is concerned with the meaning and purpose of such Stoic paradoxes as 'all sins are equal', and the philosophical interrelation of Stoic physics and ethics as well as Stoic logic.

Contenuti

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Aristotle and the stoic good; 2. Zeno and Chrysippus on human action and emotion; 3. Problems of pleasure and pain; 4. Cynicism and stoicism; 5. All sins are equal; 6. Appropriate acts; 7. Fate and necessity; 8. The criterion of truth; 9. Categories and their uses; 10. The innovations of Panaetius; 11. The imprint of Posidonius; 12. Knowing and willing; 13. Suicide; 14. The unity of the person; 15. Three stoic views of time; 16. Postscript; Bibliography; Index.

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ISBN 10:  052107620X ISBN 13:  9780521076203
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1969
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