{"product_id":"reason-and-emotion-essays-on-ancient-moral-psychology-and-ethical-theory-9780691058757","title":"Reason and Emotion: Essays on Ancient Moral Psychology and Ethical Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together twenty-three distinctive and influential essays on ancient moral philosophy--including several published here for the first time--by the distinguished philosopher and classical scholar John Cooper. The volume gives a systematic account of many of the most important issues and texts in ancient moral psychology and ethical theory, providing a unified and illuminating way of reflecting on the fields as they developed from Socrates and Plato through Aristotle to Epicurus and the Stoic philosophers Chrysippus and Posidonius, and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the ancient philosophers, Cooper shows here, morality was \"good character\" and what that entailed: good judgment, sensitivity, openness, reflectiveness, and a secure and correct sense of who one was and how one stood in relation to others and the surrounding world. Ethical theory was about the best way to be rather than any principles for what to do in particular circumstances or in relation to recurrent temptations. Moral psychology was the study of the psychological conditions required for good character--the sorts of desires, the attitudes to self and others, the states of mind and feeling, the kinds of knowledge and insight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together these papers illustrate brilliantly how, by studying the arguments of the Greek philosophers in their diverse theories about the best human life and its psychological underpinnings, we can expand our own moral understanding and imagination and enrich our own moral thought. The collection will be crucial reading for anyone interested in classical philosophy and what it can contribute to reflection on contemporary questions about ethics and human life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John M. Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.11w x 1.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691058757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1999 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn M. Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReason and Human Good in Aristotle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlato's\u003c\/i\u003e \"Theaetetus.\" He is the general editor of \u003ci\u003ePlato: Complete Works\u003c\/i\u003e and also coedited \u003ci\u003eSeneca: Moral and Political Essays\u003c\/i\u003e with J. F. Procopé.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43792733044851,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":121.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c2946934-9e9a-4752-a00d-0e0fc8ddc9e4.jpg?v=1758104291","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/reason-and-emotion-essays-on-ancient-moral-psychology-and-ethical-theory-9780691058757","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}