The Ethics of Epicurus and its Relation to Contemporary Doctrines
Series: Re-inventing Philosophy as a Way of Life;
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
- Date of Publication 18 May 2023
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781350261020
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 504
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Long description:
This is the first English translation of a compelling and highly original reading of Epicurus by Jean-Marie Guyau. This book has long been recognized as one of the best and most concerted attempts to explore one of the most important, yet controversial ancient philosophers whose thought, Guyau claims, remains vital to modern and contemporary culture. Throughout the text we are introduced to the origins of the philosophy of pleasure in Ancient Greece, with Guyau clearly demonstrating how this idea persists through the history of philosophy and how it is an essential trait in the Western tradition.
With an introduction by Keith Ansell-Pearson and Federico Testa, which contextualizes the work of Guyau within the canon of French thought, and notes on both further reading and on Epicurean scholarship more generally, this translation also acts as a critical introduction to the philosophy of Guyau and Epicurus.
Table of Contents:
Note on the Translation
Editors' Introduction: Jean-Marie Guyau on Epicurus and the Art of Living: A Novel Approach to the History of Philosophy
Foreword: On the Method Used for the Exposition of Systems
Introduction: Epicureanism in Antiquity and Modernity
Book One: The Pleasures of the Flesh
Chapter 1: Pleasure: The End of Life and the Principle of All Ethics
Chapter 2: Fundamental Pleasure: The Stomach
Chapter 3: The Rule of Pleasure: Utility. - Happiness, The Sovereign Good
Chapter 4: Desire. - The Ultimate End of Desire: Rest, Enjoyment of Self
Book Two: The Pleasures of the Soul
Chapter 1: Intellectual and Moral Serenity - Science, Opposed by Epicurus to the Idea of Miracle
Chapter 2: Freedom - Contingency in Nature, the Condition of Human Freedom
Chapter 3: Tranquillity in the Face of Death. - Epicurean Theory of Death, and its Relation to Contemporary Theories
Book Three: Private and Public Virtues
Chapter 1: Courage and Temperance. Love and Friendship. The Genesis of Friendship. The Conduct of the Sage in Human Society.
Chapter 2: Justice and the Social Contract
Chapter 3: Progress in Humanity
Chapter 4: Epicurean Piety. The Struggle against Divinity understood as Efficient Cause
Conclusion: Epicureanism and its Analogies with Modern Positivism. The Success of Epicureanism in Antiquity
Book Four: The Modern Successors of Epicurus
Chapter 1: The Epoch of Transition Between Ancient Epicureanism and Modern Epicureanism - Gassendi and Hobbes
Chapter 2: La Rochefoucauld - The Psychology of Epicureanism
Chapter 3: Spinoza - Synthesis of Epicureanism and Stoicism
Chapter 4: Helvétius
Chapter 5: The Spirit of Epicureanism in Eighteenth-Century France
Conclusion: Contemporary Epicureanism
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