The Life Worth Living in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781009257879 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 260 str.

Switzerland) Machek David (Universitat Bern

Opis

Offers a fresh narrative of ancient ethics that does justice to neglected perspectives on the value of human life.

Recenzje

'Machek's book on 'the life worth living' is a fascinating addition to the literature on ancient Greek and Roman ethics. It systematically investigates, with subtlety and rigor, important questions about a worthwhile life and the value of life that are peripheral to or ignored by standard studies of ancient ethical theory.' Richard Kraut, Northwestern University

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Plato On Making Life Worth Living By Doing One's Job; 2. Aristotle on the Natural Goodness of Life; 3. Decoupling Happy Life from Life Worth Living in Stoicism; 4. Threshold Nears the Target: Hellenistic Hedonists on the Life Worth Living; 5. Peripatetics on Vicious Humans and Caged Animals; 6. Plotinus on the Worth of Embodied Existence.