Akrasia in Greek philosophy : from Socrates to Plotinus / / edited by Christopher Bobonich and Pierre Destrée.

• Superior document: Philosophia antiqua, v. 106
• TeilnehmendeR: Bobonich, Christopher.; Destrée, Pierre.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophia antiqua ; v. 106.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Socrates On Akrasia, Knowledge, And The Power Of Appearance /; A Problem In The Gorgias: How Is Punishment Supposed To Help With Intellectual Error? /; Plato On Akrasia And Knowing Your Own Mind /; Unified Agency And Akrasia In Platos Republic /; Thirst As Desire For Good /; Akrasia And The Structure Of The Passions In Platos Timaeus /; Plato And Enkrateia /; Aristotle On The Causes Of Akrasia /; Akrasia And The Method Of Ethics /; Aristotles Weak Akrates: What Does Her Ignorance Consist In? /; Akrasia And Enkrateia In Ancient Stoicism: Minor Vice And Minor Virtue? /; Epictetus On Moral Responsibility For Precipitate Action /; Plotinus On Akrasia: The Neoplatonic Synthesis /; References /; Index Of Ancient Sources /; Index Of Modern Authors /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-290) and index.
• ISBN: 128239696X; 9786612396960; 9047420128
• ISSN: 0079-1687
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Christopher Bobonich and Pierre Destrée.

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).