
Problems in Stoicism
A.A. Long(Author)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 1. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-485-12128-5 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of papers, half of which were given at the series of seminars on Stoicism at the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London in 1967-8, discusses topics which are of central importance in Stoic philosophy. The Greek Stoics made notable contributions to logic, metaphysics, theory of knowledge and ethics which justify more attention than they have received, and the present work offers a detailed analysis of theories which exhibit the Stoics' philosophical significance and originality. Each chapter is self-contained but by their different styles of approach and interpretation the six authors are able to demonstrate much of the coherence and some basic difficulties of Stoicism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-485-12128-5 (9780485121285)
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Person
A. A. Long is the Irving Stone Professor of Literature, University of California at Berkeley.
Content
Corrigenda; Phantasia Kataleptike; Ennoia and Prolepsis; categories and their uses; grammar and metaphysics in the Stoa; language and thought in stoicism; Oikeiosis; Stoic intermediates and the end for man; freedom and determinism in the Stoic theory of human action; Posidonius on emotions; the natural law and stoicism.