Pleasure and the good life : : Plato, Aristotle, and the Neoplatonists / / by Gerd van Riel.
"The volume sheds light on the discussion between hedonists and anti-hedonists, by concentrating on the 'crucial point' at which any philosophical analysis of the good life (hedonistic or other) ought to argue that the life of the philosopher is the most desirable, and thus truly plea...
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| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Philosophia antiqua,
v. 85 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 207 p. ) |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Two Paradigms: Plato and Aristotle. I. Plato: The 'Replenishment Theory'. 1. From the Protagoras to the Republic. 2. The Philebus. 3. An Evaluation of Plato's Theory. II. Aristotle: The 'Theory of the Perfect Activity'. 1. Aristotle's Rejection of the Platonic Definition. 2. A New Model. 3. Consequences of Aristotle's New Model. 4. An Evaluation of the Aristotelian Account. Excursus. Epicureans and Stoics
- Ch. 2. The Standard Neoplatonic Theory: Plotinus and Proclus. I. Plotinus. 1. Plotinus' Definition of Pleasure. 2. Plotinus' Refutation of Hedonism. 3. 'Pleasure' in the Good Life. II. Proclus. 1. Proclus' Definition of Pleasure. 2. 'Pleasure in the Good Life.