Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia

The Epicurean philosophical system has enjoyed much recent scrutiny, but the question of its philosophical ancestry remains largely neglected. This book traces its origins in the fifth-century BC atomist Democritus, in his fourth-century followers such as Anaxarchus and Pyrrho, and in Epicurus' disagreements with his own Democritean teacher Nausiphanes. The result is not only a fascinating reconstruction of a lost tradition, but also an important contribution to the philosophical interpretation of Epicureanism, bearing especially on its ideal of tranquillity and on the relation of ethics to physics.

Author: James Warren
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/14/2006
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780521034456

About the Author
Warren, James: - James Warren is Assistant Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

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