The Epicurus Reader Selected Writings and Testimonia |
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Author:
| Epicurus, Gerson, Lloyd P. |
Translator:
| Inwood, Brad |
Series title: | Hackett Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-87220-241-2 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1994 |
Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $12.50 |
Book Description:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction The ancient biography of Epicurus The extant letters Ancient collections of maxims Doxographical reports The testimony of Cicero The testimony of Lucretius The polemic of Plutarch
Short fragments and testimonia from known works: * From On Nature * From the Puzzles * From On the Goal * From the...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction
The ancient biography of Epicurus
The extant letters
Ancient collections of maxims
Doxographical reports
The testimony of Cicero
The testimony of Lucretius
The polemic of Plutarch
Short fragments and testimonia from known works:
* From On Nature
* From the Puzzles
* From On the Goal
* From the Symposium
* From Against Theophrastus
* Fragments of Epicurus' letters
Short fragments and testimonia from uncertain works:
* Logic and epistemology
* Physics and theology
* Ethics
Index