Epicurus and the Epicurean Tradition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521194784 ISBN 13: 9780521194785

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Epicureanism after the generation of its founders has been characterised as dogmatic, uncreative and static. But this volume brings together work from leading classicists and philosophers that demonstrates the persistent interplay in the school between historical and contemporary influences from outside the school and a commitment to the founders' authority. The interplay begins with Epicurus himself, who made arresting claims of intellectual independence, yet also admitted to taking over important ideas from predecessors, and displayed more receptivity than is usually thought to those of his contemporaries. The same principles of autonomy and openness figure importantly in the three major areas of focus in these essays: theology, politics and the emotions.

About this title

Book Description:

This book brings together the work of leading classicists and philosophers in order to show the vitality and development of Epicureanism after Epicurus, and especially the dynamic interplay between tradition and innovation.

About the Author:

Jeffrey Fish is Associate Professor of Classics at Baylor University. He has edited Philodemus' On the Good King According to Homer (forthcoming) and is the author of several articles related to the Herculaneum papyri and ancient Homeric scholarship. With Kirk Sanders he is co-editing The Oxford Handbook to Epicureanism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521194784
• ISBN 13: 9780521194785
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Fish Jeffrey, Sanders Kirk R.