This volume offers authoritative discussions of all aspects of the philosophy of Epicurus (340-271 BCE) and then traces Epicurean influences throughout the Western tradition. It is an unmatched resource for those wishing to deepen their knowledge of Epicureanism's powerful arguments about death, happiness, and the nature of the material world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Epicurus
- 1. Epicurus and the Epicurean School (Tiziano Dorandi)
- 2. Epistemology (Gisela Striker)
- 3. Atomism (David Konstan)
- 4. Cosmology and Meteorology (Daryn Lehoux)
- 5. Theology (Emidio Spinelli, Francesco Verde)
- 6. Death (Stephen Rosenbaum)
- 7. Hedonism (Voula Tsouna)
- 8. Psychology (Elizabeth Asmis)
- 9. Voluntary Action and Responsibility (Walter Englert)
- 10. Virtue, Friendship, and the Law (Phillip Mitsis)
- 11. Politics and Society (Geert Roskam)
- 12. The Epicurean Analysis of Language: Its Intent and Development (Enrico Piergiacomi)
- 13. Rhetoric (Clive Chandler)
- 14. Epicurean Poetic Theory (Michael McOsker)
- Ancient Epicureanism and Its Critics
- 15. Philodemus and the Herculaneum Papyri (Mario Capasso)
- 16. Lucretius (Monica Gale)
- 17. Epicureanism in Virgil and Horace (Gregson Davis)
- 18. Anti-Epicureanism in Cicero (Carlos Lévy)
- 19. Seneca's Reception of Epicureanism (Margaret Graver)
- 20. Plutarch (Michael Erler)
- 21. Diogenes of Oenoanda (Pamela Gordon)
- 22. Epicureanism in Jewish Thought (Gabriel Danzig)
- 23. Epicureanism and Early Christianity (Ilaria Ramelli)
- Early Modern and Later Reception
- 24. Renaissance Epicureanism (Ada Palmer)
- 25. Epicurean Materialism and Early Modern science (Ann Thomson)
- 26. Epicurean Influence on Early Modern Political Thought (Gianni Paganini)
- 27. Epicurus in 18th and 19th Century French Thought (Walter Kavanagh)
- 28. The Epicureanism of Thomas Jefferson (Carl J. Richard)
- 29. Epicurean Hedonism and Utilitarianism (A.A. Long)
- 30. Epicurus in 19th-Century Germany: Marx and Nietzsche (James Porter)
- 31. Postmodern Epicureanism (Wilson Shearin, Eva Noller)
