Akrasia in Greek philosophy : from Socrates to Plotinus /
Discussions on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness of will) in Greek philosophy have been particularily vivid and intense for the past two decades. Standard stories that presented Socrates as the philosopher who simply denied the phenomenon, and Plato and Aristotle as rehabilitating it straightfor...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Boston :
Brill,
2007.
Series:
Philosophia antiqua,
v. 106
Philosophia Antiqua
106.
Philosophia Antiqua Online, ISBN: 9789004319752.
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Call Number: BJ1468.5 .A47 2007
| Summary: | Discussions on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness of will) in Greek philosophy have been particularily vivid and intense for the past two decades. Standard stories that presented Socrates as the philosopher who simply denied the phenomenon, and Plato and Aristotle as rehabilitating it straightforwardly against Socrates, have been challenged in many different ways. Building on those challenges, this collective provides new, and in some cases opposed ways of reading well-known as well as more neglected texts. Its 13 contributions, written by experts in the field, cover the whole history of Greek ethics, from Socrates to Plotinus, through Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics (Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Epictetus). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-290) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047420125 |
| ISSN: | 0079-1687 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |