Epicurus' Human Beings : Beyond Person and Self.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirschi, Solmeng-Jonas.

Series:

Oxford Classical Monographs

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

Ancient philosophers developed a rich toolbox to better reach, teach, and affect their addressees or, indeed, practitioners, using fiction, letter-writing, mnemotechnic, or orality. This book analyses how Epicurus (3rd century BCE), the philosopher of pleasure par excellence, did just that: impacting his readers to make them happy.

Contents:

Cover

Epicurus' Human Beings : Beyond Person and Self

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Abstract

Contents

List of Frequent Abbreviations

Introduction

1: Letter to Menoeceus

1.1. General Observations

1.1.1. In a State of Action

1.1.2. Trusting Truth

1.2. Textual Observations

1.2.1. Second-Person Deixis

1.2.2. Third-Person Deixis

1.2.3. First-Person Deixis

1.3. Conclusion

2: Letter to Herodotus

2.1. General Observations

2.1.1. Starting from Us

2.1.2. Free to Take

2.1.3. Limiting Everyone

2.2. Textual Observations

2.2.1. Second-Person Deixis

2.2.2. Third-Person Deixis

2.2.3. First-Person Deixis

2.3. Conclusion

3: Letter to Pythocles

3.1. Preliminary Remarks

3.1.1. E pluribus unum : The Joint Authorship

3.1.2. Paradigmatic Attempts

3.2. General Observations

3.2.1. The Letter Is in the Peritext

3.2.2. Methodology: The Safe Conduct

3.2.3. Provisos: Structured Repetition

3.3. Textual Observations

3.3.1. Impersonal Tone?

3.3.2. Second-Person Deixis

3.3.3. Third-Person Deixis

3.3.4. First-Person Deixis

3.4. Conclusion

4: Κύριαι Δόξαι

4.1. Preliminary Remarks

4.1.1. Authenticity: The Authorial Deception Again (and Again)

4.1.2. Gnomology: Listing Matter(s)?

4.1.3. The Title: Words of Power

4.2. General Observations

4.2.1. Structure and Order: A Deliberate Chaos

4.2.2. If Not, Why Not?

4.2.3. Suggestion Box Philosophy?

4.3. Textual Observations

4.3.1. First- and Second-Person Deixis

4.3.2. Third-Person Deixis

4.4. Conclusion

Appendix Ad Matrem

General Conclusions

Bibliography

Index of Passages Cited

General Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-19-288208-2

9780192882080

OCLC:

1570330265