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Pursuits of Wisdom : Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus /

This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguished philosopher John Cooper traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, John M. (John Madison), 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : on philosophy as a way of life
  • The Socratic way of life
  • Aristotle : philosophy as two ways of life
  • Stoicism as a way of life
  • The Epicurean and Skeptic ways of life
  • Platonism as a way of life.