The therapy of desire : theory and practice in Hellenistic ethics / with a new introduction by the author, Martha C. Nussbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947-

Series:

Martin classical lectures.

Princeton Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics, Ancient.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Emotions (Philosophy)--History.

Emotions (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 p.)

Edition:

2009 ed.

Place of Publication:

Woodstock ; Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these Hellenistic schools have been unjustly neglected in recent philosophic accounts of what the classical "tradition" has to offer. By examining texts of philosophers such as Epicurus, Lucretius, and Seneca, she recovers a valuable source for current moral and political thought and encourages us to reconsider philosophical argument as a technique through which to improve lives. Written for general readers and specialists, The Therapy of Desire addresses compelling issues ranging from the psychology of human passion through rhetoric to the role of philosophy in public and private life.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction to the 2009 Edition

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Therapeutic Arguments

CHAPTER 2. Medical Dialectic: Aristotle on Theory and Practice

CHAPTER 3. Aristotle on Emotions and Ethical Health

CHAPTER 4.Epicurean Surgery: Argument and Empty Desire

CHAPTER 5. Beyond Obsession and Disgust: Lucretius on the Therapy of Love

CHAPTER 6. Mortal Immortals: Lucretius on Death and the Voice of Nature

CHAPTER 7. "By Words, Not Arms": Lucretius on Anger and Aggression

CHAPTER 8. Skeptic Purgatives: Disturbance and the Life without Belief

CHAPTER 9. Stoic Tonics: Philosophy and the Self-Government of the Soul

CHAPTER 10. The Stoics on the Extirpation of the Passions

CHAPTER 11. Seneca on Anger in Public Life

CHAPTER 12. Serpents in the Soul: A Reading of Seneca's Medea

CHAPTER 13. The Therapy of Desire

Philosophers and Schools

Bibliography

Index Locorum

General Index

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1994.

Partly based on the Martin Classical Lectures for 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-530) and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

1-4008-3194-6

OCLC:

846492847