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.

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).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Christopher Bobonich and Pierre Destrée -- Socrates On Akrasia, Knowledge, And The Power Of Appearance / Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith -- A Problem In The Gorgias: How Is Punishment Supposed To Help With Intellectual Error? / Christopher Rowe -- Plato On Akrasia And Knowing Your Own Mind / Chris Bobonich -- Unified Agency And Akrasia In Platos Republic / Christopher Shields -- Thirst As Desire For Good / Roslyn Weiss -- Akrasia And The Structure Of The Passions In Platos Timaeus / Gabriela Roxana Carone -- Plato And Enkrateia / Louis-André Dorion -- Aristotle On The Causes Of Akrasia / Pierre Destrée -- Akrasia And The Method Of Ethics / Marco Zingano -- Aristotles Weak Akrates: What Does Her Ignorance Consist In? / David Charles -- Akrasia And Enkrateia In Ancient Stoicism: Minor Vice And Minor Virtue? / Jean-Baptiste Gourinat -- Epictetus On Moral Responsibility For Precipitate Action / Ricardo Salles -- Plotinus On Akrasia: The Neoplatonic Synthesis / Lloyd Gerson -- References / Christopher Bobonich and Pierre Destrée -- Index Of Ancient Sources / Christopher Bobonich and Pierre Destrée -- Index Of Modern Authors / Christopher Bobonich and Pierre Destrée.