The Birth of Hedonism : : The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life /

The Birth of Hedonism : : The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life / / Kurt Lampe.

According to Xenophon, Socrates tried to persuade his associate Aristippus to moderate his excessive indulgence in wine, women, and food, arguing that only hard work can bring happiness. Aristippus wasn't convinced. Instead, he and his followers espoused the most radical form of hedonism in anc...

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Lampe, Kurt,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction
  • CHAPTER 2. Cyrene and the Cyrenaics: A Historical and Biographical Overview
  • CHAPTER 3. Knowledge and Pleasure
  • CHAPTER 4. Virtue and Living Pleasantly
  • CHAPTER 5. Eudaimonism and Anti-Eudaimonism
  • CHAPTER 6. Personal and Political Relationships
  • CHAPTER 7. Hegesias's Pessimism
  • CHAPTER 8. Theodorus's Innovations
  • CHAPTER 9. The "New Cyrenaicism" of Walter Pater
  • CHAPTER 10. Conclusion: The Birth of Hedonism
  • APPENDIX 1. The Sources
  • APPENDIX 2. Annicerean Interpolation in D.L. 2.86-93
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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