Hellenistic philosophy Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics A.A. Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, A. A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epicurus.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Skeptics (Greek philosophy).

Epicureans (Greek philosophy).

Stoics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 274 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley University of California Press 1986.

Summary:

Hellenistic Philosophy is a thorough introduction to the three schools of philosophy which dominated the Hellenistic era: Stoicism, Epicureanism and Scepticism. It traces the main developments in Greek Philosophy during the period which runs from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the end of the Roman Republic 31 B.C.

Contents:

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Epicurus and Epicureanism

3. Scepticism

4. Stoicism

5. Later Developments in Hellenistic Philosophy

6. Hellenistic Philosophy and the Classical Tradition

Bibliography

Bibliographical postscript 1985

Index

Notes:

Includes index

Bibliography: pages [249]-268

ISBN:

9781472598257

1472598253

OCLC:

906113744