A New Stoicism : : Revised Edition / / Lawrence C. Becker.

What would stoic ethics be like today if stoicism had survived as a systematic approach to ethical theory, if it had coped successfully with the challenges of modern philosophy and experimental science? A New Stoicism proposes an answer to that question, offered from within the stoic tradition but w...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Edition:Revised
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: THE WAY THINGS STAND
  • 1. The Conceit
  • 2. A New Agenda for Stoic Ethics
  • 3. The Ruins of Doctrine
  • PART TWO: THE WAY THINGS MIGHT GO
  • 4. Normative Logic
  • 5. Following the Facts
  • 6. Virtue
  • 7. Happiness
  • Appendix. A Calculus for Normative Logic
  • Postscript to the Revised Edition
  • Bibliography
  • Index