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2020
Abstract Epicurus revives and modifies the hedonism of the Cyrenaics, but against them he maintains that the ultimate end is not simply the pleasure of the moment, but maximum pleasure over one’s life as a whole. When we keep this goal in mind, we see that we maximize pleasure over our lives if we achieve tranquillity and freedom from ...
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Abstract Epicurus revives and modifies the hedonism of the Cyrenaics, but against them he maintains that the ultimate end is not simply the pleasure of the moment, but maximum pleasure over one’s life as a whole. When we keep this goal in mind, we see that we maximize pleasure over our lives if we achieve tranquillity and freedom from ...
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2016
This volume investigates the reasons why Plotinus, a philosopher inspired by Plato, made critical use of Epicurean philosophy. Eminent scholars show that some fundamental Epicurean conceptions pertaining to ethics, physics, epistemology and theology are drawn upon in the Enneads to discuss crucial notions such as pleasure and happiness, providence and ...
TAORMINA, DANIELA PATRIZIA, Longo A.
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This volume investigates the reasons why Plotinus, a philosopher inspired by Plato, made critical use of Epicurean philosophy. Eminent scholars show that some fundamental Epicurean conceptions pertaining to ethics, physics, epistemology and theology are drawn upon in the Enneads to discuss crucial notions such as pleasure and happiness, providence and ...
TAORMINA, DANIELA PATRIZIA, Longo A.
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Dialogue, 1989
Ever since classical times, both Greek and Roman, friendship as a philosophical topic has been on the wane. The only notable exception is Montaigne's essay which, however, owes much to classical treatments. This decline of philosophical interest in friendship is not easy to account for.
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Ever since classical times, both Greek and Roman, friendship as a philosophical topic has been on the wane. The only notable exception is Montaigne's essay which, however, owes much to classical treatments. This decline of philosophical interest in friendship is not easy to account for.
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Phronesis, 1993
L'A. confronte deux fragments antithetiques d'Epicure sur la nature du but de l'existence, le plaisir, qui dans un cas est vu comme paix de l'âme et du corps (ataraxie), mais dans l'autre accepte le plaisir des sens et se rapproche de l'hedonisme.
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L'A. confronte deux fragments antithetiques d'Epicure sur la nature du but de l'existence, le plaisir, qui dans un cas est vu comme paix de l'âme et du corps (ataraxie), mais dans l'autre accepte le plaisir des sens et se rapproche de l'hedonisme.
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2018
The chapter gives an account Epicurus’ natural philosophy and his attitude to the sciences. Epicurus’ mission was to liberate people from the fear of death and the gods, and science was subordinate to that project, practiced to show that nature acts without divine intervention.
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The chapter gives an account Epicurus’ natural philosophy and his attitude to the sciences. Epicurus’ mission was to liberate people from the fear of death and the gods, and science was subordinate to that project, practiced to show that nature acts without divine intervention.
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2019
This chapter focusses on Epicurus’s and Lucretius’s treatment of the generation of life, its constancy and consistency, but also its mutability which, together, constitutes the major challenge for the atomist response to the Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy.
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This chapter focusses on Epicurus’s and Lucretius’s treatment of the generation of life, its constancy and consistency, but also its mutability which, together, constitutes the major challenge for the atomist response to the Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy.
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Phronesis, 2001
AbstractThe paper deals with the question of the attribution to Epicurus of the classification of pleasures into 'kinetic' and 'static'. This classification, usually regarded as authentic, confronts us with a number of problems and contradictions. Besides, it is only mentioned in a few sources that are not the most reliable.
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AbstractThe paper deals with the question of the attribution to Epicurus of the classification of pleasures into 'kinetic' and 'static'. This classification, usually regarded as authentic, confronts us with a number of problems and contradictions. Besides, it is only mentioned in a few sources that are not the most reliable.
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Epicurus on Justice ‘In Itself’ (καθ᾽ ἑαυτό) ( Kuria Doxa 33)
Apeiron, 2022Jan Maximilian Robitzsch
exaly