Epicurus: An Introduction

Epicurus: An Introduction

Professor Rist's short introduction to the philosophy of Epicurus combines scholarship with clear exposition. All Greek in the text is translated, and discussion of more specialised problems of interpretation is relegated to appendices. In an account which mediates between the extremes of approval and opposition traditionally accorded to him, Epicurus emerges as an ideologist, a pragmatic philosopher whose most notable achievement perhaps was to reject much of the prevailing social ethos of Hellenism and assert the rights and claims of the individual against those of the community or state.

Country	USA
Author	J. M. Rist
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Cambridge University Press
EAN	9780521292009
Edition	Cambridge University Press
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	052129200X
Label	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	200
PublicationDate	1977-04-21
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Studio	Cambridge University Press
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