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The Epicurus Reader Paperback

Selected Writings and Testimonia

By Epicurus, Lloyd P. Gerson

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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

Product code: 9780872202412

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ISBN 9780872202412
Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) H215xW139
No. Of Pages 128
Publisher Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Series Hackett Classics

A total philosophy of life, death, religion, ethics, and culture promising liberation from the obstacles that stand in the way of our happiness, the teachings of Epicurus claimed many thousand committed followers over the ancient Mediterranean world. This title fills the need for a reliable selection and translation of the main surviving evidence.