Chrysippus' On affections : reconstruction and interpretation / by Teun Tieleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tieleman, Teun.

Series:

Philosophia antiqua 0079-1687 ; v. 94.

Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 94

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chrysippus, approximately 280 B.C.-207 B.C. or 206 B.C. On affections.

Chrysippus.

Stoics.

Emotions (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xii, 346 pages : 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Summary:

This book reconstructs and interprets the theory of the emotions as expounded by the Stoic philosopher Chrysippus in his 'On Affections', only fragments of which remain. Given its contextual approach, sources such as Galen and Cicero receive ample attention.

Contents:

1. Chrysippus' On Affections and How Von Arnim Dealt with It 1

2. Aims and Methods. Other Studies 4

3. Chrysippus' On the Soul: Looking Back on an Earlier Study 12

4. Pathos: A Terminological Note 15

Chapter 1 PHP books 4 and 5: Aims and Methods 17

1.1. Preamble 17

1.2. Theme 19

1.3. Options 34

1.4. Authority Tradition Truth 39

1.5. Galen the Commentator 46

1.6. Galen's Working Method: The Selection of Texts 51

Chapter 2 Doxography 61

2.1. Galen and the Placita 61

2.2. Ps. Plutarch and Theodoret 65

2.3. Tertullian 66

2.4. Ps. Galen 70

2.5. Nemesius 72

2.6. Plutarch 76

2.7. Porphyry 78

2.8. Conclusion: Galen Again 80

Chapter 3 Chrysippus' On Affections: The Theoretical Books (I-II) 89

3.1. Number of Books, Length and Contents 89

3.2. Zeno's Definitions of Affection 94

3.3. The Causes of Affection 102

3.4. The Four Generic Affections 114

3.5. Book 2: Problems Concerning Affections 122

3.6. The Origins of Evil 132

Chapter 4 The Therapeutics (Book IV) 140

4.1. Title, Subject-matter, Audience 140

4.2. The Medical Analogy 142

4.3. The Roots of Affection 157

4.4. Regimen 162

4.5. Emotional Opponents 166

4.6. Turning One's Back on Reason 170

4.7. Madness and Mental Blindness 178

4.8. The Medical Backdrop: Hippocratic and Other Writings 190

Chapter 5 Posidonian Puzzles 198

5.2. Did Posidonius Speak of Psychic Powers? 202

5.3. The 'Ancient Account' 206

5.4. Children and Other Animals 220

5.5. Posidonius on the Causes of Affection 231

5.6. Intermezzo: Diogenes of Babylon and Panaetius 242

5.7. Posidonius and Chrysippus' aporiai 250

5.8. Cleanthes' Dialogue between Reason and Anger 264

5.9. Two Further Witnesses: Seneca and ps. Plutarch 277

Chapter 6 Cicero on Affections 288

6.1. Preamble 288

6.2. Tusculan Disputations Books 3 and 4: Overview 290

6.3. Cicero's logika (4.11-33) 296

6.4. What does Cicero add? 304

6.5. Chrysippean Reflections in Other Sections of Book 4 305

6.6. The Third Tusculan 309.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-339) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004129987

OCLC:

51505522