Pursuits of Wisdom : : Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus /

Pursuits of Wisdom : : Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / / John M. Cooper.

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This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguished philosopher John Cooper traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Cooper, John M.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2013
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: on Philosophy as a Way of Life
  • 2. The Socratic Way of Life
  • 3. Aristotle: Philosophy as Two Ways of Life
  • 4. Stoicism as a Way of Life
  • 5. The Epicurean and Skeptic Ways of Life
  • 6. Platonism as a Way of Life
  • Further Readings
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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