The role ethics of Epictetus
Subtitle: stoicism in ordinary life
By: Brian Earl Johnson
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780739179673; 9781498550833
Subjects: Stoics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: Epictetus's role for human beings; title: Bearing many roles: specific roles in an individual's life; title: Roles in action: appropriate acts (or "duties"); title: Education and the good of epictetean roles; title: The cases of Socrates and Heracles: role conflict and identity; title: The role of roles in Epictetus's discourses 1.2: three interpretations; title: Resolving role conflicts; title: Cicero's account of Panaetius'' four personae: a theory of decorum; title: Epictetus's role ethics: the unfolding script.