The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia (Hackett Classics)

Epicurus; Lloyd P. Gerson

ISBN 10: 0872202410 / ISBN 13: 9780872202412

Published by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1994

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0872202410I4N00

Synopsis:

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 the Author:

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

Lloyd P. Gerson is Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and ...
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket