Epicureanism and scientific debates

antiquity and late reception

Epicureanism is not only a defence of pleasure: it is also a philosophy of science and knowledge. This edited collection explores new pathways for the study of Epicurean scientific thought, a hitherto still understudied domain, and engages systematically and critically with existing theories. It shows that the philosophy of Epicurus and his heirs, from antiquity to the classical age, founded a rigorous and coherent conception of knowledge. This first part of a two-volume set examines more specifically...

Engels | 350 pagina's (PDF, 7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2023

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Ioannis Papachristou John Philoponus on Physical Place

This book examines the place of physical bodies, a major topic of natural philosophy that has occupied philosophers since antiquity. Aristotle's conceptions of place (topos) and the void (kenon), as expounded in the Physics, were systematically repudiated by John Philoponus (ca. 485-570) in his philosophical commentary on that work. The primary philosophical concern of the present study is the in-depth investigation of the concept of place established by Philoponus, putting forward the claim that...

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Engels | PDF, 2,3 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021

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Donald J. Robertson How to think like Socrates

ancient philosophy as a way of life in the modern world

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Engels | 342 pagina's | Macmillan, London | 2025

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Aristotle How to flourish

an ancient guide to living well; selections from the Nicomachean ethics

"A selection of key passage from Aristotle's seminal work the Nicomachean Ethics, which sets out what it means to flourish and live life well"--. "Aristotle's essential guide to human flourishing-the Nicomachean Ethics-in a lively new abridged translationAristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the greatest guides to human flourishing ever written, but its length and style have left many readers languishing. How to Flourish is a carefully abridged version of the entire work in a highly readable and...

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Engels | Oudgrieks (tot 1453) | 302 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2023

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Seneca How to do the right thing

an ancient guide to treating people fairly

"It doesn't take long after learning to speak for children to utter the cry, "That's not fair!" That familiar exclamation seems to emerge from a primal human sense: you know how you deserve to be treated, and you know that you have not been treated that way-you've been given a raw deal, you've not been done right by. In this volume for our Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers series, Robert Kaster explores how we treat others at the everyday, person-to-person level, taking as his source the ethical...

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Engels | Latijn | 266 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2023

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Seneca How to die

an ancient guide to the end of life

Engels | 230 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey | 2018

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