Pleasure and the good life : Plato, Aristotle, and the Neoplatonists / by Gerd van Riel. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Riel, Gerd.

Series:

Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 85

Philosophia antiqua Pleasure and the good life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pleasure.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 207 p. )

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The volume sheds light on the discussion between hedonists and anti-hedonists, by concentrating on the 'crucial point' at which any philosophical analysis of the good life (hedonistic or other) ought to argue that the life of the philosopher is the most desirable, and thus truly pleasurable, life."--Jacket.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Two Paradigms: Plato and Aristotle. I. Plato: The 'Replenishment Theory'. 1. From the Protagoras to the Republic. 2. The Philebus. 3. An Evaluation of Plato's Theory. II. Aristotle: The 'Theory of the Perfect Activity'. 1. Aristotle's Rejection of the Platonic Definition. 2. A New Model. 3. Consequences of Aristotle's New Model. 4. An Evaluation of the Aristotelian Account. Excursus. Epicureans and Stoics

Ch. 2. The Standard Neoplatonic Theory: Plotinus and Proclus. I. Plotinus. 1. Plotinus' Definition of Pleasure. 2. Plotinus' Refutation of Hedonism. 3. 'Pleasure' in the Good Life. II. Proclus. 1. Proclus' Definition of Pleasure. 2. 'Pleasure in the Good Life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and indexes.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-4175-4554-2