| Description |
1 online resource (279 pages) |
| Series |
Plutarchea Hypomnemata ; v.1 |
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Plutarchea hypomnemata.
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| Contents |
3.1. Introduction: the work and its author3.2. Inconsistency between Epicurus' words and deeds; 3.3. The ethical arguments; 3.4. Epicurus' egoistic hedonism versus Plutarch's social commitment; 3.5. Man as a social being; 3.6. T he ontological foundations: the connection between being and beingknown; 3.7. An eschatological perspective; 3.8. Conclusion; 3.8.1. Plutarch as a polemicist: eristic strategies and anti-Epicurean polemicin De latenter vivendo; 3.8.2. Plutarch's own position as presented in De latenter vivendo |
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3.8.3. Plutarch's philosophical position in De latenter vivendo: a schematicsurvey3.9. Schematic structure of De latenter vivendo; Commentary; Chapter 1 (1128A-C):inconsistency between Epicurus' words and deeds; 1128A; 1128B; 1128BC; 1128C; Chapters 2-3 (1128C-1129A): The ethical arguments; 1128D; 1128E; 1128F; 1129A; Chapter 4 (1129A-D): Epicurus' egoistic hedonismversus Plutarch's social commitment; 1129B; 1129BC; 1129C; 1129CD; 1129D; Chapter 5 (1129DE): Man as a social being; 1129E; Chapter 6 (1129E-1130C): The ontological foundations:the connection between being and being known; 1129F |
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1130A1130AB; 1130B; 1130BC; Chapter 7 (1130C-E): An eschatological perspective; 1130CD; 1130D; 1130E; Bibliography; INDICES; Index locorum |
| Summary |
Plutarch''s De latenter vivendo is the only extant work from Antiquity in which Epicurus'' famous ideal of an ''unnoticed life'' (lathe biosas) is thematised as such. Moreover, the short rhetorical work provides a lot of interesting information about Plutarch''s polemical strategies and about his own philosophical convictions in the domains of ethics, politics, metaphysics, and eschatology. In this book, Plutarch''s anti-Epicurean polemic is understood against the background of the previous philosophical tradition. An examination of Epicurus'' own position is followed by a discussion of Plutarc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and indexes |
| Notes |
Text in English and Greek |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Plutarch. De latenter vivendo.
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Epicurus.
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Epicurus |
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Plutarchus -- De latenter vivendo -- Kommentar. |
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Plutarque. "De latenter vivendo" -- commentaire. |
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Plutarchus. De latenter vivendo. |
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De latenter vivendo (Plutarch) fast |
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Ethics, Ancient.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- European -- General.
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Ethics, Ancient
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008351547 |
| ISBN |
9789461660190 |
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9461660197 |
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