Synopses & Reviews
The Graeco-Roman philosophy called Stoicism has become a major subject of research during the past three decades. In this book a leading scholar in the field assembles a dozen of his papers on Stoicism, focusing on three themes: ethics, psychology and the Stoics' interpretation of their intellectual tradition. The papers are distinctive in their accessibility and breadth of reference, both ancient and modern, and the collection has considerable thematic unity.
Synopsis
The Graeco-Roman philosophy of Stoicism has become a major subject of research during the past three decades. In this book a leading scholar in the field assembles a dozen papers on Stoicism, focusing on three themes: ethics, psychology and the Stoics' interpretation of their intellectual tradition. The papers are distinctive in their accessibility and breadth of reference, both ancient and modern, and the collection has considerable thematic unity.
Synopsis
A. A. Long assembles a dozen of his papers on Stoicism, focusing on three themes: ethics, psychology and the Stoicsâinterpretation of their intellectual tradition. The papers are distinctive in their accessibility and breadth of reference, both ancient and modern, and the collection has considerable thematic unity.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-294) and indexes.
Table of Contents
1. Socrates in Hellenistic philosophy; 2. Heraclitus and Stoicism; 3. Stoic readings of Homer; 4. Dialectic and the Stoic sage; 5. Arius Didymus and the exposition of Stoic ethics; 6. The local basis of Stoic ethics; 7. Greek ethics after Macintyre and the Stoic community of reason; 8. Stoic eudaimonism; 9. The harmonics of Stoic virtue; 10. Soul and body in Stoicism; 11. Hierocles on oikeiosis and self-perception; 12. Representation and the self in Stoicism; Bibliography; Indexes.