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The pleasures of reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the hellenistic hedonists /
Human lives are full of pleasures and pains. And humans are creatures that are able to think: to learn, understand, remember and recall, plan and anticipate. Ancient philosophers were interested in both of these facts and, what is more, were interested in how these two facts are related to one anoth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Human lives are full of pleasures and pains. And humans are creatures that are able to think: to learn, understand, remember and recall, plan and anticipate. Ancient philosophers were interested in both of these facts and, what is more, were interested in how these two facts are related to one another. There appear to be, after all, pleasures and pains associated with learning and inquiring, recollecting and anticipating. We enjoy finding something out. We are pained to discover that a belief we hold is false. We can think back and enjoy or be upset by recalling past events. And we can plan for and enjoy imagining pleasures yet to come. This book is about what Plato, Aristotle, the Epicureans and the Cyrenaics had to say about these relationships between pleasure and reason. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781316190739 1316190730 9781139178976 1139178970 9781316203699 1316203697 9781107025448 1107025443 1316188876 9781316188873 1316211053 9781316211052 1316209199 9781316209196 1316205525 9781316205525 1316201821 9781316201824 1316207331 9781316207338 |