The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia (HPC Classics) (Hackett Classics)

Epicurus,Lloyd P. Gerson,Brad Inwood

ISBN 10: 0872202410 / ISBN 13: 9780872202412

Editore: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc 1994-03-01, 1994

Codice articolo 6666-GRD-9780872202412

Riassunto:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction
The ancient biography of Epicurus
The extant letters
Ancient collections of maxims
Doxographical reports
The testimony of Cicero
The testimony of Lucretius
The polemic of Plutarch

Short fragments and testimonia from known works:
* From On Nature
* From the Puzzles
* From On the Goal
* From the Symposium
* From Against Theophrastus
* Fragments of Epicurus' letters

Short fragments and testimonia from uncertain works:
* Logic and epistemology
* Physics and theology
* Ethics

Index

Informazioni sull'autore:

Brad Inwood is Professor of Philosophy and Classics, University of Toronto.

Lloyd P. Gerson is Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto.

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Titolo: The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and ...
Casa editrice: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc 1994-03-01
Data di pubblicazione: 1994
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: New