Epicurus and his philosophy / by Norman Wentworth DeWitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Witt, Norman W. (Norman Wentworth), 1876-1958.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epicurus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1954]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditional theories and interpretations of Epicurean philosophy are challenged by this new study, in which a distinguished scholar demonstrates the fallacies and shortcomings of most of the previous works on the subject. Professor DeWitt provides, for th

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; I: A SYNOPTIC VIEW OF EPICUREANISM; II: SAMOS AND ATHENS; III: COLOPHON: DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINE; IV: MYTILENE AND LAMPSACUS; V: THE NEW SCHOOL IN ATHENS; VI: THE NEW EDUCATION; VII: THE CANON, REASON AND NATURE; VIII: SENSATIONS, ANTICIPATIONS, AND FEELINGS; IX: THE NEW PHYSICS; X: THE NEW FREEDOM; XI: SOUL, SENSATION, AND MIND; XII: THE NEW HEDONISM; XIII: THE TRUE PIETY; XIV: THE NEW VIRTUES; XV: EXTENSION, SUBMERGENCE, AND REVIVAL; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 361-362. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 364-377).

ISBN:

0-8166-5745-9

OCLC:

476161387