| Akrasia in Greek Philosophy: From Socrates to Plotinus Contributor(s): Bobonich, Christopher (Editor), Destrée, Pierre (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004156704 ISBN-13: 9789004156708 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $202.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: The 13 contributions of this collective offer new and challenging ways of reading well-known and more neglected texts on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness of will) in Greek philosophy (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Plotinus). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 128.3 |
| LCCN: 2007278787 |
| Series: Philosophia Antiqua |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.57" W x 9.51" (1.65 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Discussions on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness of will) in Greek philosophy have been particularily vivid and intense for the past two decades. Standard stories that presented Socrates as the philosopher who simply denied the phenomenon, and Plato and Aristotle as rehabilitating it straightforwardly against Socrates, have been challenged in many different ways. Building on those challenges, this collective provides new, and in some cases opposed ways of reading well-known as well as more neglected texts. Its 13 contributions, written by experts in the field, cover the whole history of Greek ethics, from Socrates to Plotinus, through Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics (Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Epictetus). |