...stimulaating collection of essays...[Long] has helped to make Hellenistic philosophy a required subject for every student of classics and philosophy

Sara Ahbel-Rappe, The Classical Review

A. A. Long, one of the world's leading writers on ancient philosophy, presents eighteen essays on the philosophers and schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods--Epicureans, Stoics, and Sceptics. The discussion ranges over four centuries of innovative and challenging thought in ethics and politics, psychology, epistemology, and cosmology.

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PART ONE: GENERAL ; PART TWO: SCEPTICISM ; PART THREE: EPICUREANISM ; PART FOUR: EARLY STOICISM ; PART FIVE: CICERO, AND ROMAN STOICISM
Innovative research on the leading figures of Hellenistic and Roman philosophy, and on their ideas in the areas of ethics and politics, psychology, cosmology and epistemology An accessible and stimulating writing style Makes ancient philosophy relevant to modernity
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A. A. Long is a Professor in the Department of Classics, University of California, Berkeley. He has been a visiting professor at many other European universities, including most recently appointment as Belle van Zuylen Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utrecht. His other books include Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics (which has been translated into eight languages), the two-volume source book, The Hellenistic Philosophers (co-authored with David Sedley), Stoic Studies, and Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life (OUP).
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Innovative research on the leading figures of Hellenistic and Roman philosophy, and on their ideas in the areas of ethics and politics, psychology, cosmology and epistemology An accessible and stimulating writing style Makes ancient philosophy relevant to modernity
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ISBN
9780199279111
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
816 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
164 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
456

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A. A. Long is a Professor in the Department of Classics, University of California, Berkeley. He has been a visiting professor at many other European universities, including most recently appointment as Belle van Zuylen Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utrecht. His other books include Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics (which has been translated into eight languages), the two-volume source book, The Hellenistic Philosophers (co-authored with David Sedley), Stoic Studies, and Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life (OUP).