The Therapy of Desire

Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics

Martha C. Nussbaum (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

584 Seiten

2018 | Revised edition
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18102-8 (ISBN)

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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. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these Hellenistic schools have been unjustly neglected in recent philosophic accounts of what the classical "tradition" has to offer. By examining texts of philosophers such as Epicurus, Lucretius, and Seneca, she recovers a valuable source for current moral and political thought and encourages us to reconsider philosophical argument as a technique through which to improve lives. Written for general readers and specialists, The Therapy of Desire addresses compelling issues ranging from the psychology of human passion through rhetoric to the role of philosophy in public and private life.

Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the Law School and in the Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago. She is the author of many books, including Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (Princeton).

Erscheinungsdatum	12.06.2018
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Classics
Einführung	Martha C. Nussbaum
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	0-691-18102-0 / 0691181020
ISBN-13	978-0-691-18102-8 / 9780691181028
Zustand	Neuware