Passions and Perceptions
Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
Published on 14. December 2006
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Paperback/Softback
380 pages
978-0-521-03498-2 (ISBN)
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The philosophers of the Hellenistic schools in ancient Greece and Rome (Epicureans, Stoics, Sceptics, Academics, Cyrenaics) made important contributions to the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of psychology. This volume, which contains the proceedings of the Fifth Symposium Hellenisticum, describes and analyses their contributions on issues such as: the nature of perception, imagination and belief; the nature of the passions and their role in action; the relationship between mind and body; freedom and determinism; the role of pleasure as a goal; the effects of poetry on belief and passion. Written with a high level of historical and philosophical scholarship, the essays are intended both for classicists and for specialists interested in the philosophy of mind.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
616 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-03498-2 (9780521034982)
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Content
Preface; Avant-propos; Part I. Ethics and Psychology of Hedonism: 1. Epicurean hedonism Gisela Striker; 2. Anniceris et les plaisirs psychiques: quelques prealables doxographiques Andre Laks; Part II. Atomism and Epicurean Psychology: 3. Epicurus on agency Julia Annas; 4. Democritus and Epicurus on sensible qualities David Furley; Part III. The Passions: 5. Poetry and the passions: two Stoic views Martha C. Nussbaum; 6. Seneca and psychological dualism Brad Inwood; 7. Actions and passions: affection, emotion and moral self-management in Galen's philosophical psychology James Hankinson; Part IV. Stoic Psychological Concepts: 8. De la 'nature phantastique' des animaux chez les Stoiciens Jean-Louis Labarriere; 9. Le concept de doxa des Stoiciens a Philon d'Alexandrie: essai d'etude diachronique Carlos Levy; 10. Seneca on reason, rules and moral development Phillip Mitsis; 11. Chrysippus on psychophysical causality David Sedley; Bibliography; Subject index; Name index; Index