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Epicurus : His Continuing Influence and Contemporary Relevance /

The chapters in this book provide a kaleidoscope of contemporary opinions about Epicurus' teachings. They tell us also about the archeological discoveries that promise to augment the scant remains we have of Epicurus's own writing. the breadth of this new work will be welcomed by those who...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Other Authors: Suits, David B., Gordon, Dane R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, N.Y. : RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2003
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The philosophy of Epicurus : is it an option for today? / Dane R. Gordon
  • Philodemus, the Herculaneum papyri, and the therapy of fear / David Armstrong
  • The angry god : Epicureans, Lactantius, and warfare / James I. Campbell
  • Plotinus and Epicurean epistemology / Lloyd P. Gerson
  • Atomism and Gassendi's conception of the human soul / Veronica Gventzadze
  • Epicurus and Bishop Butler / David E. White
  • The young Marx on Epicurus : dialectical atomism and human freedom / Paul M. Schafer
  • The fixation of satisfaction : Epicurus and Peirce on the goal / David B. Suits
  • Theological paradox in Epicurus / Marianna Shakhnovich
  • Epicurus on friends and goals / Daniel R. Russell
  • Epicurus on friendship : the emergence of blessedness / M.R. Wheeler
  • Death as a punishment : a consequence of Epicurean thanatology / Stephen E. Rosenbaum
  • Diogenes's inscription at Oenoanda / Andrew M.T. Moore.