Epicurus and Democritean Ethics : An Archaeology of Ataraxia

Name: Epicurus and Democritean Ethics
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521813693
Price: 19100 KES
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ISBN: 9780521813693

by James Warren

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Format Hardback

Book Series Cambridge Classical Studies

ISBN-10 0521813697

ISBN-13 9780521813693

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 23rd, 2002

Print length 256 Pages

Weight 458 grams

Dimensions 14.80 x 22.30 x 2.40 cms

Product Classification: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 Ethics & moral philosophy Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Ethics and moral philosophy

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This 2002 book explores the neglected question of the ancestry of the Epicurean philosophical system by tracing its origins in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. An important contribution is thereby made to the philosophical interpretation of Epicureanism, especially on its ideal of tranquillity and the relation of ethics to physics.

The Epicurean philosophical system has enjoyed much scrutiny, but the question of its philosophical ancestry remains largely neglected. It has often been thought that Epicurus owed only his physical theory of atomism to the fifth-century BC philosopher Democritus, but this 2002 study finds that there is much in his ethical thought which can be traced to Democritus. It also finds important influences on Epicurus in Democritus' 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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