The Emotions in Hellenistic Philosophy

✍ Scribed by Simo Knuuttila, Juha Sihvola (auth.), Juha Sihvola, Troels Engberg-Pedersen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 384
• Series: The New Synthese Historical Library 46
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Discussions about the nature of the emotions in Hellenistic philosophy have aroused intense scholarly interest over the last few years. The topics covered by the essays in this volume range from the classical background of Hellenistic theories, through debates on emotion in the major Hellenistic schools, to discussions in later antiquity. Special emphasis is placed on the development of the Stoic views on the nature and value of the emotions. The essays are written with a high level of philosophical and classical scholarship, but contain no exclusive technicalities.
Audience: This first comprehensive treatment of the emotions in Hellenistic philosophy can be read with pleasure and profit not only by professionals in ancient philosophy but also all those who are interested in the philosophy of mind and its history.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
How the Philosophical Analysis of Emotions was Introduced....Pages 1-19
The Old Stoic Theory of Emotions....Pages 21-70
Posidonius on Emotions....Pages 71-111
Did Galen Understand Platonic and Stoic Thinking on Emotions?....Pages 113-148
Chrysippus — Posidonius — Seneca: A High-Level Debate on Emotion....Pages 149-169
Epicureans on Anger....Pages 171-196
The Sceptics and the Emotions....Pages 197-218
Stoic Inhumanity....Pages 219-241
The Two Faces of Stoicism: Rousseau and Freud....Pages 243-270
Eros and the Wise: The Stoic Response to a Cultural Dilemma....Pages 271-304
Marcus Aurelius on Emotions....Pages 305-337
Plotinus on the Emotions....Pages 339-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-380

✦ Subjects

Philosophy of Mind; Classical Studies; Ethics; History; Classical Philosophy