{"product_id":"gandhi-and-the-stoics-modern-experiments-on-ancient-values-9780199644339","title":"Gandhi and the Stoics: Modern Experiments on Ancient Values","description":"Richard Sorabji presents a fascinating study of Gandhi's philosophy in comparison with Christian and Stoic thought. Sorabji shows that Gandhi was a true philosopher. He not only aimed to give a consistent self-critical rationale for his views, but also thought himself obliged to live by what he taught--something that he had in common with the ancient Greek and Christian ethical traditions. Understanding his philosophy helps with re-assessing the consistency of his positions and life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGandhi was less influenced by the Stoics than by Socrates, Christ, Christian writers, and Indian thought. But whereas he re-interpreted those, he discovered the congeniality of the Stoics too late to re-process them. They could supply even more of the consistency he sought. He could show them the effect of putting their unrealised ideals into actual practice. They from the Cynics, he from the Bhagavadgita, learnt the indifference of most objectives. But both had to square that with their love for all humans and their political engagement. Indifference was to both a source of freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGandhi was converted to non-violence by Tolstoy's picture of Christ. But he addressed the sacrifice it called for, and called even protective killing violent. He was nonetheless not a pacifist, because he recognized the double-bind of rival duties, and the different duties of different individuals, which was a Stoic theme. For both Gandhi and the Stoics it accompanied doubts about universal rules. Sorabji's expert understanding of these ethical traditions allows him to offer illuminating new perspectives on a key intellectual figure of the modern world, and to show the continuing resonance of ancient philosophical ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Sorabji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199644339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Sorabji\u003c\/strong\u003e is author or editor of over 100 books in the History of Philosophy. Three authored books deal with the nature of the physical universe (\u003cem\u003eNecessity, Cause and Blame\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTime, Creation and the Continuum\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eMatter, Space and Motion\u003c\/em\u003e). Four deal with Mind and Morals (\u003cem\u003eAnimal Minds and Human\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMorals\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eEmotion and Peace of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAristotle on Memory\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSelf: Individuality, Life and Death\u003c\/em\u003e). He has written a biography, \u003cem\u003eOpening Doors\u003c\/em\u003e, of the pioneer lawyer, Cornelia Sorabji. His next book will be \u003cem\u003eMoral Conscience through the Ages\u003c\/em\u003e. He is Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford; Fellow and Emeritus Professor of King's College, London; former Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, London, 1991-6; former President of the Aristotelian Society, 1985-6; and former Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 2000-2003.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39934237540467,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":50.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_274bcee6-c763-4b6d-babe-a7a45f8efed8.jpg?v=1647878458","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/gandhi-and-the-stoics-modern-experiments-on-ancient-values-9780199644339","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}