Live unnoticed : : (Lathe biosas) : on the vicissitudes of an Epicurean doctrine / / by Geert Roskam.
Against the background of age-old Greek wisdom, Epicurus' advice to 'live unnoticed' (lathe biosas) was particularly provocative and scandalous. Why, after all, would an unknown Greek soldier in Agamemnon's army have been happier than famous Achilles? Or why should an ordinary At...
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Roskam, Geert. Live unnoticed : (Lathe biosas) : on the vicissitudes of an Epicurean doctrine / by Geert Roskam. Lathe biosas On the vicissitudes of an Epicurean doctrine 1st ed. Leiden : Brill, 2007. 1 online resource (248 p.) text txt computer c online resource cr Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1678 ; v. 111 Description based upon print version of record. English Preliminary Materials / G. Roskam -- Chapter One. Introduction / G. Roskam -- Chapter Two. Epicurus / G. Roskam -- Chapter Three. The Epicureans Of The First Generation: Epicurus’ Συμφιλοσοφοθντεσ / G. Roskam -- Chapter Four. Later Generations Of The School / G. Roskam -- Chapter Five. Conclusion / G. Roskam -- Chapter Six. Appendix: Augustan Poetry / G. Roskam -- Bibliography / G. Roskam -- Index Nominum / G. Roskam -- Index Locorum / G. Roskam -- Index Rerum / G. Roskam. Against the background of age-old Greek wisdom, Epicurus' advice to 'live unnoticed' (lathe biosas) was particularly provocative and scandalous. Why, after all, would an unknown Greek soldier in Agamemnon's army have been happier than famous Achilles? Or why should an ordinary Athenian be regarded as more blessed and enviable than Pericles? Yet Epicurus' ideal was far from unattractive, guaranteeing as it did a quiet and untroubled existence far from the dangerous turmoil of public life. This book casts new light on Epicurus' socio-political philosophy through a careful analysis of his arguments. It also shows how the ideal of an 'unnoticed life' was received during the later history of Epicureanism and how it occasionally occurs in ancient Latin poetry. Includes bibliographical references and index. Epicureans (Greek philosophy) Conduct of life. Solitude. Ethics, Ancient. Ethics Greece. Epicurus Ethics. 90-04-16171-6 Philosophia antiqua ; v. 111. |
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