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The Epicurus Reader By Epicurus

The Epicurus Reader by Epicurus


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A total philosophy of life, death, religion, ethics, and culture promising liberation from the obstacles that stand in the way of our happiness, the teachings of Epicurus claimed many thousand committed followers over the ancient Mediterranean world. This title fills the need for a reliable selection and translation of the main surviving evidence.

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The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia by Epicurus

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction The ancient biography of Epicurus The extant letters Ancient collections of maxims Doxographical reports The testimony of Cicero The testimony of Lucretius The polemic of Plutarch Short fragments and testimonia from known works: * From On Nature * From the Puzzles * From On the Goal * From the Symposium * From Against Theophrastus * Fragments of Epicurus' letters Short fragments and testimonia from uncertain works: * Logic and epistemology * Physics and theology * Ethics Index

About Epicurus

Brad Inwood is Professor of Philosophy and Classics, University of Toronto. Lloyd P. Gerson is Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto.

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GOR010967571
9780872202412
0872202410
The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia by Epicurus
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Paperback
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
19940315
128
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