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Pleasure, mind, and soul : selected papers in ancient philosophy /

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C.C.W. Taylor presents a selection of his writings on a set of important topics in the work of some of the greatest ancient philosophers. The central theme of the volume is the moral psychology of Plato and Aristotle, with a special focus on pleasure and related concepts, an area central to Greek et...

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Main Author: Taylor, C. C. W. (Christopher Charles Whiston), 1936-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 2008.
Subjects:
Plato.
Aristotle.
Aristotle
Plato
Pleasure.
Ethics.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Ethics
Plaisir.
Morale.
Philosophie ancienne.
ethics (philosophy)
Philosophy, Ancient
Pleasure
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Pleasure, Knowledge, and Sensation in Democritus (1967); 2. 'All Perceptions Are True' (1980); 3. Plato, Hare, and Davidson on Akrasia (1980); 4. The End of the Euthyphro (1982); 5. The Arguments in the Phaedo Concerning the Thesis that the Soul is a Harmonia (1983); 6. Plato and Aristotle on the Criterion of Real Pleasures (1983); 7. Urmson on Aristotle on Pleasure (1988); 8. Popular Morality and Unpopular Philosophy (1990); 9. Socratic Ethics (1992); 10. Platonic Ethics (1998); 11. The Atomists (1999)
  • 12. Aristotle on the Practical Intellect (2003)13. Plato on Rationality and Happiness (2003); 14. Pleasure: Aristotle's Response to Plato (2003); 15. The Hedonism of the Protagoras Reconsidered (2003); 16. Wisdom and Courage in the Protagoras and the Nicomachean Ethics (2004); 17. Socrates (2005); 18. Democritus and Lucretius on Death and Dying (2007); 19. Socrates under the Severans (2007); General Bibliography; Publications of C. C. W. Taylor; Index of Passages Cited; General Index