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The Epicurus Reader : Selected Writings and Testimonia

by Epicurus , Lloyd P. Gerson

Book Details

Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0872202410
ISBN-13 9780872202412
Publisher Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Mar 15th, 1994
Print length 128 Pages
Weight 116 grams
Dimensions 21.50 x 13.80 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification: Dictionaries Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
Ksh 2,350.00 Werezi Extended Catalogue

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A total philosophy of life, death, religion, ethics, and culture promising liberation from the obstacles that stand in the way of our happiness, the teachings of Epicurus claimed many thousand committed followers over the ancient Mediterranean world. This title fills the need for a reliable selection and translation of the main surviving evidence.

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

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