The therapy of desire : theory and practice in Hellenistic ethics

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Title:

The therapy of desire : theory and practice in Hellenistic ethics

Author:

Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947-

ISBN:

9780691033426

9780691141312

Personal Author:

Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947-

Publication Information:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.

Physical Description:

xiv, 558 p. ; 25 cm.

Series:

Martin classical lectures ; new ser., v. 2

Series Title:

Martin classical lectures ; new ser., v. 2

Subject Term:

Philosophy, Ancient.

Emotions (Philosophy) -- History.

Ethics, Ancient.

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The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline, but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance: the fear of death, love and sexuality, anger and aggression. Like medicine, philosophy to them was a rigorous science aimed both at understanding and at producing the flourishing of human life. In this engaging book, Martha Nussbaum examines texts of philosophers committed to a therapeutic paradigm--including Epicurus, Lucretius, Sextus Empiricus, Chrysippus, and Seneca--and recovers a valuable source for our moral and political thought of today.

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