Pleasure in ancient Greek philosophy
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Pleasure in ancient Greek philosophy
（Key themes in ancient philosophy）
Cambridge University Press, 2013
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- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-287) and indexes
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Description
The Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy series provides concise books, written by major scholars and accessible to non-specialists, on important themes in ancient philosophy that remain of philosophical interest today. In this volume Professor Wolfsdorf undertakes the first exploration of ancient Greek philosophical conceptions of pleasure in relation to contemporary conceptions. He provides broad coverage of the ancient material, from pre-Platonic to Old Stoic treatments; and, in the contemporary period, from World War II to the present. Examination of the nature of pleasure in ancient philosophy largely occurred within ethical contexts but in the contemporary period has, to a greater extent, been pursued within philosophy of mind and psychology. This divergence reflects the dominant philosophical preoccupations of the times. But Professor Wolfsdorf argues that the various treatments are complementary. Indeed, the Greeks' examinations of pleasure were incisive and their debates vigorous, and their results have enduring value for contemporary discussion.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Pleasure in early Greek ethics
- 3. Pleasure in the early physical tradition
- 4. Plato on pleasure and restoration
- 5. Plato on true, untrue and false pleasures
- 6. Aristotle on pleasure and activation
- 7. Epicurus and the Cyrenaics on katastematic and kinetic pleasures
- 8. The Old Stoics on pleasure as passion
- 9. Contemporary conceptions of pleasure
- 10. Ancient and contemporary conceptions of pleasure
- Suggestions for further reading.
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