Pleasure, Mind, and Soul
Subtitle: Selected Papers in Ancient Philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; OUP Oxford; Oxford University Press
Published: March 17, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780199226399
Subjects: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Philosophy / Ancient; Philosophy; Aristotle; Philosophy, Ancient; Plato
Description: "C. C.W. Taylor presents a selection of his essays in ancient philosophy, drawn from forty years of writings on the subject. 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 ethical thought. Taylor also discusses Socrates and the Greek atomists (including the Epicureans), showing how Plato's ethics grows out of the thought of Socrates, and that pleasure is also a central concept for the atomists. Pleasure, Mind, and Soul provides a fascinating survey of range of important topics in the work of some of the greatest ancient philosophers, which remain the subject of lively philosophical debate today."--Jacket.