Pursuits of wisdom: six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus
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1. Verfasser: Cooper, John Madison (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press c2012
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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 studied or even used to solve particular practical problems. Rather, philosophy--not just ethics but even logic and physical theory--was literally to be lived. Yet there was great disagreement about how to live philosophically: philosophy was not one but many, mutually opposed, ways of life. Examining
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ISBN:9781400842322
DOI:10.1515/9781400842322

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