TY  - GEN
T1  - The therapy of desire : theory and practice in Hellenistic ethics
T2  - Martin classical lectures.
A1  - Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2009
ED  - New ed. /
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn846492847
AB  - The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline, but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance: the fear of death, love and sexuality, anger and aggression. Like medicine, philosophy to them was a rigorous science aimed both at understanding and at producing the flourishing of human life. In this engaging book, Martha Nussbaum examines texts of philosophers committed to a therapeutic paradigm--including Epicurus, Lucretius, Sextus Empiricus, Chrysippus, and Seneca--and recovers a valuable source for o.
OP  - 558
NO  - Previous edition: 1994.
CN  - B505 .N37 2009eb
SN  - 9781400831944
SN  - 1400831946
SN  - 9780691141312
SN  - 0691141312
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient.
KW  - Emotions (Philosophy) : History.
KW  - Ethics, Ancient.
KW  - Philosophie ancienne.
KW  - Émotions (Philosophie) : Histoire.
KW  - Morale ancienne.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : Social.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : History & Surveys : Ancient & Classical.
KW  - Emotions (Philosophy)
KW  - Ethics, Ancient
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
KW  - Aggression.
KW  - Ambiguity.
KW  - Analogy.
KW  - Anger.
KW  - Aristotelian ethics.
KW  - Aristotelianism.
KW  - Aristotle.
KW  - Ataraxia.
KW  - Awareness.
KW  - Career.
KW  - Causality.
KW  - Chrysippus.
KW  - Contingency (philosophy).
KW  - Criticism.
KW  - Critique.
KW  - Cruelty.
KW  - De Ira.
KW  - De rerum natura.
KW  - Death anxiety (psychology).
KW  - Deed.
KW  - Democritus.
KW  - Dialectic.
KW  - Disease.
KW  - Disgust.
KW  - Disposition.
KW  - Epictetus.
KW  - Epicureanism.
KW  - Epicurus.
KW  - Eroticism.
KW  - Ethics.
KW  - Eudaimonia.
KW  - Explanation.
KW  - Falsity.
KW  - Feeling.
KW  - Form of life (philosophy).
KW  - Generosity.
KW  - Grief.
KW  - Hatred.
KW  - Hedonism.
KW  - Hostility.
KW  - Imagery.
KW  - Indication (medicine).
KW  - Injunction.
KW  - Inquiry.
KW  - Lecture.
KW  - Libido.
KW  - Literature.
KW  - Lucretius.
KW  - Morality.
KW  - Motivation.
KW  - Mutilation.
KW  - Narrative.
KW  - Nicomachean Ethics.
KW  - Obstacle.
KW  - Optimism.
KW  - Pathos.
KW  - Phaedrus (dialogue).
KW  - Phenomenon.
KW  - Philodemus.
KW  - Philosopher.
KW  - Philosophy.
KW  - Phronesis.
KW  - Pity.
KW  - Platonism.
KW  - Poetry.
KW  - Political philosophy.
KW  - Posidonius.
KW  - Practical reason.
KW  - Prima facie.
KW  - Principle.
KW  - Psychoanalysis.
KW  - Psychology.
KW  - Rationality.
KW  - Reality.
KW  - Reason.
KW  - Religion.
KW  - Republic (Plato).
KW  - Requirement.
KW  - Resentment.
KW  - Rhetoric.
KW  - Self-sufficiency.
KW  - Sextus Empiricus.
KW  - Sexual Desire (book).
KW  - Shame.
KW  - Skepticism.
KW  - Slavery.
KW  - Stoicism.
KW  - Suffering.
KW  - Suggestion.
KW  - Symptom.
KW  - The Erotic.
KW  - The Other Hand.
KW  - The Philosopher.
KW  - Theory.
KW  - Thought.
KW  - Treatise.
KW  - Uncertainty.
KW  - Utilitarianism.
KW  - Vulnerability.
KW  - Writing.
KW  - History
ER  -