Epicurus on Freedom

Name: Epicurus on Freedom
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521114912
Price: 7750 KES
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ISBN: 9780521114912

by Tim O'Keefe

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0521114918

ISBN-13 9780521114912

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 25th, 2009

Print length 188 Pages

Weight 302 grams

Dimensions 15.20 x 22.80 x 1.70 cms

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

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This 2005 book reconstructs Epicurus' theory of freedom, arguing that the sort of freedom which Epicurus wanted to preserve is significantly different from the 'free will' which philosophers debate today, and that in its emphasis on rational action it has much closer affinities with Aristotle's thought than with current preoccupations.

In this 2005 book, Tim O'Keefe reconstructs the theory of freedom of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341–271/0 BCE). Epicurus' theory has attracted much interest, but our attempts to understand it have been hampered by reading it anachronistically as the discovery of the modern problem of free will and determinism. O'Keefe argues that the sort of freedom which Epicurus wanted to preserve is significantly different from the 'free will' which philosophers debate today, and that in its emphasis on rational action it has much closer affinities with Aristotle's thought than with current preoccupations. His original and provocative book will be of interest to a wide range of readers in Hellenistic philosophy.

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