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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Zusammenfassung: | 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 this tradition from its establishment by Socrates in the fifth century BCE through Plotinus in the third century CE and the eclipse of pagan philosophy by Christianity, Pursuits of Wisdom examines six central philosophies of living--Socratic, Aristotelian, Stoic, Epicurean, Skeptic, and the Platonist life of late antiquity. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiv, 442 pages) |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-429) and index. |
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spelling | Cooper, John M. (John Madison), 1939-2022. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjGRRDfhMGhTRFmP7p6wJC Pursuits of wisdom : six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / John M. Cooper. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012. 1 online resource (xiv, 442 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-429) and index. 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. 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 this tradition from its establishment by Socrates in the fifth century BCE through Plotinus in the third century CE and the eclipse of pagan philosophy by Christianity, Pursuits of Wisdom examines six central philosophies of living--Socratic, Aristotelian, Stoic, Epicurean, Skeptic, and the Platonist life of late antiquity. Print version record. Philosophy, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100861 Wisdom. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147107 Conduct of life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030802 Philosophie ancienne. Sagesse. Morale pratique. ethics (philosophical concept) aat PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys Ancient & Classical. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY General. bisacsh Conduct of life fast Philosophy, Ancient fast Wisdom fast Lebensführung gnd Weisheit gnd Philosophie gnd Griechenland Altertum gnd Lebensführung. idszbz Weisheit. idszbz Antike. idszbz Philosophie. idszbz Griechenland (Altertum) idszbz has work: Pursuits of wisdom (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGbkqb8k4xpc3mxJPpmhMd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Cooper, John M. (John Madison), 1939- Pursuits of wisdom. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012 9780691138602 (DLC) 2012002204 (OCoLC)761850971 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=444113 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Cooper, John M. (John Madison), 1939-2022 Pursuits of wisdom : six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / 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. Philosophy, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100861 Wisdom. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147107 Conduct of life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030802 Philosophie ancienne. Sagesse. Morale pratique. ethics (philosophical concept) aat PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys Ancient & Classical. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY General. bisacsh Conduct of life fast Philosophy, Ancient fast Wisdom fast Lebensführung gnd Weisheit gnd Philosophie gnd Lebensführung. idszbz Weisheit. idszbz Antike. idszbz Philosophie. idszbz |
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title | Pursuits of wisdom : six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / |
title_auth | Pursuits of wisdom : six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / |
title_exact_search | Pursuits of wisdom : six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / |
title_full | Pursuits of wisdom : six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / John M. Cooper. |
title_fullStr | Pursuits of wisdom : six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / John M. Cooper. |
title_full_unstemmed | Pursuits of wisdom : six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / John M. Cooper. |
title_short | Pursuits of wisdom : |
title_sort | pursuits of wisdom six ways of life in ancient philosophy from socrates to plotinus |
title_sub | six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / |
topic | Philosophy, Ancient. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100861 Wisdom. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147107 Conduct of life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030802 Philosophie ancienne. Sagesse. Morale pratique. ethics (philosophical concept) aat PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys Ancient & Classical. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY General. bisacsh Conduct of life fast Philosophy, Ancient fast Wisdom fast Lebensführung gnd Weisheit gnd Philosophie gnd Lebensführung. idszbz Weisheit. idszbz Antike. idszbz Philosophie. idszbz |
topic_facet | Philosophy, Ancient. Wisdom. Conduct of life. Philosophie ancienne. Sagesse. Morale pratique. ethics (philosophical concept) PHILOSOPHY History & Surveys Ancient & Classical. PHILOSOPHY General. Conduct of life Philosophy, Ancient Wisdom Lebensführung Weisheit Philosophie Griechenland Altertum Lebensführung. Weisheit. Antike. Philosophie. Griechenland (Altertum) |
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