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The art of living : the stoics on the nature and function of philosophy /
Ancient philosophy was conceived as a way of life or an art of living, but if ancient philosophers did think that philosophy should transform an individual's way of life, then what conception of philosophy stands behind this claim? John Sellars explores this question through a detailed account...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2013.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Bristol classical paperbacks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Ancient philosophy was conceived as a way of life or an art of living, but if ancient philosophers did think that philosophy should transform an individual's way of life, then what conception of philosophy stands behind this claim? John Sellars explores this question through a detailed account of ancient Stoic ideas about the nature and function of philosophy. He considers the Socratic background to Stoic thinking about philosophy and Sceptical objections raised by Sextus Empiricus, and offers readings of late Stoic texts by Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. Sellars argues that the conception of. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (241 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472521118 1472521110 9781853997242 1853997242 9781472521125 1472521129 |