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Epictetus Philosopher-Therapist

Xenakis, Jason

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Epictetus Philosopher-Therapist
Autor: Xenakis, Jason
Assuntos: Classical Philosophy ; Epictetus-Criticism and interpretation ; Philosophy ; Philosophy, classical ; Philosophy-Miscellanea ; Religion and Philosophy
Descrição: Epictetus presents difficulties for the historiall of ideas. He published nothing, while his so-called writings are mostly notes of so me of his discussions taken down haphazardly by a friend. Moreover, about half of the notes are lost, and little is known of his life. All this may go toward explaining the paucity of Epictetus studies; for indeed this is the first book-length commentary published in English devoted only to hirn. All known aspects of his work are here considered and recon structed and freshly approached. Eut the emphasis is on his re marks in ethics, for the simple reason that ethics was his dominant interest and that his diagnoses of problems in living and tech niques for coping with those problems have been insufficiently appreciated. His ethics is primarily pain-oriented: it consists of existential reminders, such as that things are ephemer al and people vulnerable, plus ways of avoiding and easing distress, induding training and thought-analysis, because he believed that people's troubles stern largely from silly habits and precon ceptions.
Editor: Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
Data de criação/publicação: 1969
Formato: 154
Idioma: Inglês

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