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The therapy of desire : theory and practice in Hellenistic ethics /
The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline, but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance: the fear of death, love and sexuality, anger and aggression. Like medicine, philosophy to them was a rigorous sci...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2009.
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| Edición: | New ed. / |
| Colección: | Martin classical lectures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline, but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance: the fear of death, love and sexuality, anger and aggression. Like medicine, philosophy to them was a rigorous science aimed both at understanding and at producing the flourishing of human life. In this engaging book, Martha Nussbaum examines texts of philosophers committed to a therapeutic paradigm--including Epicurus, Lucretius, Sextus Empiricus, Chrysippus, and Seneca--and recovers a valuable source for o. |
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| Notas: | Previous edition: 1994. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 558 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400831944 1400831946 |