Epicureanism and Scientific Debates. Epicurean Tradition and its Ancient Reception

Name: Epicureanism and Scientific Debates. Epicurean Tradition and its Ancient Reception
Author: Attila Németh

Volume II. Epistemology and Ethics

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Leuven University Press | 1e druk, 2024

ISBN13: 9789462704374

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Hoofdrubriek : Filosofie

Leuven University Press 1e druk, 2024 9789462704374

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Epicurean philosophy is a philosophy of knowledge, nature and pleasure. The second part of a two-volume set, this edited collection examines the core areas of Epicureanism : physiology, epistemology and ethics. The study is carried out from multiple perspectives: the reconstruction and analysis of primary sources, an examination of the debates and controversies surrounding the school of Epicurus, and a review of the reception of Epicurean philosophy. By challenging the widespread stereotype of Epicureanism as a dogmatic, closed system of thought, this volume offers a fresh outlook on this philosophy.

The book includes studies of Epicureans linguistic theory and practice, many fundamental aspects of Epicurean epistemology, physiology and ethics and their reception, the communicative strategy of Epicurean works, and the relationship between philosophy and the sciences.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9789462704374

Taal:EN

Bindwijze:gebonden

Aantal pagina's:300

Uitgever:Leuven University Press

Druk:1

Verschijningsdatum:22-11-2024

Hoofdrubriek:Filosofie

Inhoudsopgave

Introduction
Francesca Masi, Pierre-Marie Morel, and Francesco Verde

Part I Epistemology

The Scientific Lexicon in Epicurus, On Nature XI: Some Observations
Giuliana Leone

Epicurean akribeia
Pierre-Marie Morel

Epicurus on the Arts and Sciences: A Reappraisal
Geert Roskam

Τò προσμένον: Epicurus’ Propositional Theory of Truth
Francesco Verde

The Elaboration of Prolepsis between Epicurus and the Stoics: A Common Challenge to Innatism?
Jean-Baptiste Gourinat

Science, Ethics, and ἀνάγκη in Epicurean Thought
Phillip Mitsis

Part II Ethics and its scientific background

Medicina ancilla philosophiae: The Epicurean Remedy for the Fear of a Childless Life
Wim Nijs

Plutarch on Epicurus on Wine
Mauro Bonazzi

Diogenes of Oinoanda and the Epicurean Epistolary Tradition
Attila Németh

Part III Ancient Reception of Epicurean ethics and epistemology

Epicurean Translations/Interpretations by Cicero and Seneca
Stefano Maso

“To inquire implies to know”: Epicurus and Sextus on the Possibility of Knowledge
Stéphane Marchand

Alexander of Aphrodisias and the Naturalness of Justice (Mantissa 19): An Attack Against Epicurus?
Maddalena Bonelli

About the Contributors
Index of Ancient Names
Index of Modern Names