Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia (Cambridge Classical Studies)

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ISBN-10:

0521034450

ISBN-13:

9780521034456

Author(s): Warren, James
Released: Dec 14, 2006
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
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Description:

The Epicurean philosophical system has enjoyed much recent scrutiny, but the question of its philosophical ancestry remains largely neglected. This book traces its origins in the fifth-century BC atomist Democritus, in his fourth-century followers such as Anaxarchus and Pyrrho, and in Epicurus' disagreements with his own Democritean teacher Nausiphanes. The result is not only a fascinating reconstruction of a lost tradition, but also an important contribution to the philosophical interpretation of Epicureanism, bearing especially on its ideal of tranquillity and on the relation of ethics to physics.

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