Live unnoticed = (Lathe biōsas) : on the vicissitudes of an Epicurean doctrine /

Against the background of age-old Greek wisdom, Epicurus' advice to 'live unnoticed' (lathe biosas) was particularly provocative and scandalous. Why, after all, would an unknown Greek soldier in Agamemnon's army have been happier than famous Achilles? Or why should an ordinary At...

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Autore principale: Roskam, Geert
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2007.
Serie:Philosophia antiqua ; v. 111.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253038
Sommario:
  • 4.1.2. Lucretius' political philosophy in De rerum natura4.1.3. Living unnoticed? Lucretius' ultimate ambitions; 4.2. Philodemus; 4.2.1. Introduction; 4.2.2. The autonomy of politics ... ; 4.2.3. ... and of philosophy; 4.2.4. The interaction of two separate worlds; 4.2.5. Living unnoticed in the face of death?; 4.2.6. Conclusion; 4.3. Diogenes of Oenoanda; Chapter Five. Conclusion; Chapter Six. Appendix: Augustan poetry; 6.1. Virgil; 6.2. Horace; 6.3. Ovid; Bibliography; Indices; Index nominum; Index locorum; Index rerum.