The Ethics of Epicurus and its Relation to Contemporary Doctrines. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jean-Marie Guyau, Keith Ansell Pearson, Federico Testa, Federico Testa.
• Authors: Guyau, Jean-Marie
• Editors: Ansell Pearson, Keith; Testa, Federico
• Other Names: Testa, Federico translator.
• Contents: Note on the TranslationEditors' Introduction: Jean-Marie Guyau on Epicurus and the Art of Living: A Novel Approach to the History of PhilosophyForeword: On the Method Used for the Exposition of SystemsIntroduction: Epicureanism in Antiquity and ModernityBook One: The Pleasures of the FleshChapter 1: Pleasure: The End of Life and the Principle of All EthicsChapter 2: Fundamental Pleasure: The StomachChapter 3: The Rule of Pleasure: Utility. – Happiness, The Sovereign Good Chapter 4: Desire. – The Ultimate End of Desire: Rest, Enjoyment of SelfBook Two: The Pleasures of the SoulChapter 1: Intellectual and Moral Serenity – Science, Opposed by Epicurus to the Idea of MiracleChapter 2: Freedom - Contingency in Nature, the Condition of Human FreedomChapter 3: Tranquillity in the Face of Death. – Epicurean Theory of Death, and its Relation to Contemporary TheoriesBook Three: Private and Public VirtuesChapter 1: Courage and Temperance. Love and Friendship. The Genesis of Friendship. The Conduct of the Sage in Human Society.Chapter 2: Justice and the Social ContractChapter 3: Progress in HumanityChapter 4: Epicurean Piety. The Struggle against Divinity understood as Efficient CauseConclusion: Epicureanism and its Analogies with Modern Positivism. The Success of Epicureanism in AntiquityBook Four: The Modern Successors of EpicurusChapter 1: The Epoch of Transition Between Ancient Epicureanism and Modern Epicureanism – Gassendi and HobbesChapter 2: La Rochefoucauld – The Psychology of EpicureanismChapter 3: Spinoza – Synthesis of Epicureanism and StoicismChapter 4: HelvétiusChapter 5: The Spirit of Epicureanism in Eighteenth-Century FranceConclusion: Contemporary EpicureanismBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical; Philosophy -- Movements -- Utilitarianism; Ethics & moral philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350013926; 1350013927
• Related ISBNs: 9781350013919
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