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A commentary on Plutarch's De latenter vivendo /

Plutarch''s De latenter vivendo is the only extant work from Antiquity in which Epicurus'' famous ideal of an ''unnoticed life'' (lathe biosas) is thematised as such. Moreover, the short rhetorical work provides a lot of interesting information about Plutarch&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roskam, Geert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2007.
Colección:Plutarchea hypomnemata.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 3.1. Introduction: the work and its author3.2. Inconsistency between Epicurus' words and deeds; 3.3. The ethical arguments; 3.4. Epicurus' egoistic hedonism versus Plutarch's social commitment; 3.5. Man as a social being; 3.6. T he ontological foundations: the connection between being and beingknown; 3.7. An eschatological perspective; 3.8. Conclusion; 3.8.1. Plutarch as a polemicist: eristic strategies and anti-Epicurean polemicin De latenter vivendo; 3.8.2. Plutarch's own position as presented in De latenter vivendo.
  • 3.8.3. Plutarch's philosophical position in De latenter vivendo: a schematicsurvey3.9. Schematic structure of De latenter vivendo; Commentary; Chapter 1 (1128A-C):inconsistency between Epicurus' words and deeds; 1128A; 1128B; 1128BC; 1128C; Chapters 2-3 (1128C-1129A): The ethical arguments; 1128D; 1128E; 1128F; 1129A; Chapter 4 (1129A-D): Epicurus' egoistic hedonismversus Plutarch's social commitment; 1129B; 1129BC; 1129C; 1129CD; 1129D; Chapter 5 (1129DE): Man as a social being; 1129E; Chapter 6 (1129E-1130C): The ontological foundations:the connection between being and being known; 1129F.
  • 1130A1130AB; 1130B; 1130BC; Chapter 7 (1130C-E): An eschatological perspective; 1130CD; 1130D; 1130E; Bibliography; INDICES; Index locorum.