Epicurus
by
J. M. Rist
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
052129200X
ISBN-13
9780521292009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 21st, 1977
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
292 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.30 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medievalLiterary studies: classical, early & medieval
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Professor Rist's account of Epicurus mediates between the extremes of approval and opposition traditionally accorded to him, and he emerges as an ideologist, a pragmatic philosopher whose most notable achievement was to reject the prevailing social ethos of Hellenism and assert the rights of the individual against those of the community or state.
Professor Rist's short introduction to the philosophy of Epicurus combines scholarship with clear exposition. All Greek in the text is translated, and discussion of more specialised problems of interpretation is relegated to appendices. In an account which mediates between the extremes of approval and opposition traditionally accorded to him, Epicurus emerges as an ideologist, a pragmatic philosopher whose most notable achievement perhaps was to reject much of the prevailing social ethos of Hellenism and assert the rights and claims of the individual against those of the community or state.
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