Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521813693)

The Epicurean philosophical system has enjoyed much recent scrutiny, but the question of its philosophical ancestry remains largely neglected. This book traces its origins in the fifth-century BC atomist Democritus, in his fourth-century followers such as Anaxarchus and Pyrrho, and in Epicurus' disagreements with his own Democritean teacher Nausiphanes. The result is not only a fascinating reconstruction of a lost tradition, but also an important contribution to the philosophical interpretation of Epicureanism, bearing especially on its ideal of tranquillity and on the relation of ethics to physics.

Author: James Warren
ISBN-10: 0521813697
ISBN-13: 9780521813693
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2002
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d