A commentary on Plutarch's De latenter vivendo / Geert Roskam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roskam, Geert.

Series:

Plutarchea Hypomnemata

Plutarchea Hypomnemata ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics, Ancient.

Plutarch. De latenter vivendo.

Plutarch.

Epicurus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plutarch''s De latenter vivendo is the only extant work from Antiquity in which Epicurus'' famous ideal of an ''unnoticed life'' (lathe biosas) is thematised as such. Moreover, the short rhetorical work provides a lot of interesting information about Plutarch''s polemical strategies and about his own philosophical convictions in the domains of ethics, politics, metaphysics, and eschatology.In this book, Plutarch''s anti-Epicurean polemic is understood against the background of the previous philosophical tradition. An examination of Epicurus'' own position is followed by a discussion of Plutarc

Contents:

A Commentary on Plutarch'sDe latenter vivendo; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1.Epicurus and the Epicurean tradition; 1.1. Λαθ́ε βιωσ́ας: a psychagogic remedy; 1.2. A two-step cure: ελ̓́εγχος and νουθετ́ησις; 1.2.1. ελ̓́εγχος; 1.2.2. νουθετ́ησις; 1.3. Three further characteristics of Epicurus' psychagogical approach; 1.4. Qualifications and restrictions: φρον́ησις at work; 1.5. Conclusion; 2. The anti-Epicurean traditionbefore Plutarch; 2.1. Timocrates; 2.2. Cicero; 2.3. The Stoa; 2.3.1. Early Stoicism; 2.3.2. Seneca; 2.3.3. Epictetus; 3.Plutarch's De latenter vivendo

3.1. Introduction: the work and its author3.2. Inconsistency between Epicurus' words and deeds; 3.3. The ethical arguments; 3.4. Epicurus' egoistic hedonism versus Plutarch's social commitment; 3.5. Man as a social being; 3.6. T he ontological foundations: the connection between being and beingknown; 3.7. An eschatological perspective; 3.8. Conclusion; 3.8.1. Plutarch as a polemicist: eristic strategies and anti-Epicurean polemicin De latenter vivendo; 3.8.2. Plutarch's own position as presented in De latenter vivendo

3.8.3. Plutarch's philosophical position in De latenter vivendo: a schematicsurvey3.9. Schematic structure of De latenter vivendo; Commentary; Chapter 1 (1128A-C):inconsistency between Epicurus' words and deeds; 1128A; 1128B; 1128BC; 1128C; Chapters 2-3 (1128C-1129A): The ethical arguments; 1128D; 1128E; 1128F; 1129A; Chapter 4 (1129A-D): Epicurus' egoistic hedonismversus Plutarch's social commitment; 1129B; 1129BC; 1129C; 1129CD; 1129D; Chapter 5 (1129DE): Man as a social being; 1129E; Chapter 6 (1129E-1130C): The ontological foundations:the connection between being and being known; 1129F

1130A1130AB; 1130B; 1130BC; Chapter 7 (1130C-E): An eschatological perspective; 1130CD; 1130D; 1130E; Bibliography; INDICES; Index locorum

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-245) and indexes.

ISBN:

94-6166-019-7

OCLC:

652153790