Akrasia in Greek Philosophy: From Socrates to Plotinus - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004156704 ISBN 13 : 9789004156708

Editeur : Brill, 2007

Synopsis

Discussions on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness of will) in Greek philosophy have been particularily vivid and intense for the past two decades. Standard stories that presented Socrates as the philosopher who simply denied the phenomenon, and Plato and Aristotle as rehabilitating it straightforwardly against Socrates, have been challenged in many different ways. Building on those challenges, this collective provides new, and in some cases opposed ways of reading well-known as well as more neglected texts. Its 13 contributions, written by experts in the field, cover the whole history of Greek ethics, from Socrates to Plotinus, through Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics (Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Epictetus).

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Christopher Bobonich, Ph.D. (1990) in Philosophy, University of Berkeley, is Associate Professor at Stanford University. He has written a number of articles on Greek ethical, and political philosophy and psychology, and is the author of Plato's Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics (Oxford, 2002).
Pierre Destrée, Ph.D. (1994) in Philosophy, Université catholique de Louvain, is Research Associate at the Fonds National belge de la Recherche Scientifique, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Université catholique de Louvain. His publications include articles on Greek ethics, and aesthetics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004156704
• ISBN 13: 9789004156708
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Bobonich Christopher, Destrée Pierre
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible