The stoics a guide for the perplexed M. Andrew Holowchak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holowchak, M. Andrew (Mark Andrew), 1958- author.

Series:

Guides for the perplexed.

Guides for the perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stoics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Stoicism was a key philosophical movement in the Hellenistic period. Today, the stoics are central to the study of Ethics and Ancient Philosophy. In The Stoics: A Guide for the Perplexed, M. Andrew Holowchak sketches, from Zeno to Aurelius, a framework thatcaptures the tenor of stoic ethical thinking in its key terms. Drawing on the readily available works of Seneca, Epictetus and Aurelius, Holowchak makes ancient texts accessible to students unfamiliar with Stoic thought. Providing ancient and modern-day examples to illustrate Stoic principles, the author guides the reader through the main themes and ideas of Stoic thought: Stoic cosmology, epistemology, views of nature, selfknowledge, perfectionism and, in particular, ethics. Holowchak also endeavours to present Stoicism as an ethically viable way of life today through rejecting their notion of ethical perfectionism in favor of a type of ethical progressivism consistent with other key Stoic principles."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Stoicism was a key philosophical movement in the Hellenistic period. Today, the stoics are central to the study of Ethics and Ancient Philosophy. In The Stoics: A Guide for the Perplexed, M. Andrew Holowchak sketches, from Zeno to Aurelius, a framework thatcaptures the tenor of stoic ethical thinking in its key terms. Drawing on the readily available works of Seneca, Epictetus and Aurelius, Holowchak makes ancient texts accessible to students unfamiliar with Stoic thought. Providing ancient and modern-day examples to illustrate Stoic principles, the author guides the reader through the main themes and ideas of Stoic thought: Stoic cosmology, epistemology, views of nature, selfknowledge, perfectionism and, in particular, ethics. Holowchak also endeavours to present Stoicism as an ethically viable way of life today through rejecting their notion of ethical perfectionism in favor of a type of ethical progressivism consistent with other key Stoic principles.

Contents:

A cosmic spider's web : the stoic cosmos

Pulled by the hair : how knowledge is possible

Virtue and invincibility

No place to shit : the good and conveniences

Canonical stoic view of indifferents

Living in agreement with nature

Homologia : growing toward the good

Fate and the lazy argument

On dry ground : stoic apatheia

Javelin-throwing : rules of right conduct

Stoic paradoxes : the stoic lapith

Useless weapons : knowing oneself

The stoic progressor

Stoic cosmopolitanism : standing naked before all

The good life

The strong odor of truth

Freedom : leveling fortune

Lifting the stone of ajax

A complete life and a good death

Oikeiosis : securing one's own in the footrace of life

Authenticity : living with one's door open

Virtue as peak-performance

The invincible apprentice

Invincibility as cosmic integration

Equanimity in adversity

Inconveniences : storm-clouds at sea

Tela fortunae and life on the Dead Sea

The troubled sleep of the fearful

Bravery in bedclothes

Pain: wiping a runny nose

Anger and the baying of small dogs

Grief and the broken crystal goblet

Foulest death vs. fairest servitude

Bugbears : removing the mask of ignorance

Equanimity in prosperity

Gain and the gold-leaf life

Benefaction: the cornerstone of justice

Bacchanalian revelry : birds of the night

Gormandizing and the soft life

In the footsteps of hercules

Books and scholarly self-indulgence

Friendship and self-sufficiency

Rest and restlessness : Addamus Calcar!

Rest and retirement : benefiting others

The heroic course

Hercules at a crossroads

The athletic paradigm : winning by endurance

What would socrates have done?

Education : saving the shipwrecked mariners

Teacher as physician : towering above fortune

Stoic curatives

Epistemological curatives

Ethical curatives

Signs of progress : the contest is now

Contents:

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Stoic Sage

2. The Stoic Progressor

3. Equanimity in Adversity

4. Equanimity in Prosperity

5. The Heroic Course

Ancient Sources

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical referenes (pages 229-232) and index

ISBN:

9786613122780

9781472598417

1472598415

9781283122788

1283122782

9781441152718

1441152717

OCLC:

727649563