The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics (Princeton Classics)

By: Martha C. Nussbaum

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Synopsis: The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline, but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance: the fear of death, love and sexuality, anger and aggression. Like medicine, philosophy to them was a rigorous science aimed both at understanding and at producing the flourishing of human life. In this engaging book, Martha Nussbaum examines texts of philosophers committed to a therapeutic paradigm--including Epicurus, Lucretius, Sextus Empiricus, Chrysippus, and Seneca--and recovers a valuable source for our moral and political thought today. This edition features a new introduction by Nussbaum, in which she revisits the themes of this now classic work.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 584 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781400831944
Related ISBNs:: 9780691000527, 9780691000527, 9780691033426, 9780691033426, 9780691181028, 9780691181028, 9780691141312, 9780691141312
Publisher:: Princeton University Press
Date of Addition:: 03/14/18
Copyrighted By:: Princeton University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
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