Theory and Practice in Epicurean Political Philosophy

Security, Justice and Tranquility

Javier Aoiz, Marcelo D. Boeri (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2023
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-34654-3 (ISBN)

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The opponents of Epicureanism in antiquity, including Cicero, Plutarch and Lactantius, succeeded in establishing a famous cliché: the theoretical and practical disinterest of Epicurus and the Epicureans in political communities. However, this anti-Epicurean literature did not provide considerations of Epicurean political theory or the testimonies about Epicurean lifestyle. The purpose of this book is to shed light on the contribution of Epicurean thought to political life in the ancient world.

Incorporating the most up-to-date material, including papyri which have been recovered from Herculaneum, documents of Greek epigraphy and the prosopography of the Roman Epicureans, this volume will bring to the foreground new testimonies surrounding the public activities of the Epicureans. In this way, the reader will learn that Epicurean political theory is, in fact, a crucial ingredient of its philosophy. As a result, this connection creates an ongoing dialogue with the Greek philosophical tradition, revealing the presence of Plato in the Epicurean philosophy.

Javier Aoiz is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Santiago, Chile. He is a founding member of the Venezuelan Society of Phenomenology, the Latin American Association of Ancient Philosophy and the Group of Philosophical Research University of Salamanca-University Simo´n Boli´var. His publications include Alma y tiempo en Aristóteles (2007) and Hierocles el Estoico, Elementos de Ética, Extractos de Estobeo y Glosas de la Suda (co-authored with Deyvis Deniz, 2014). Marcelo D. Boeri is Professor of Philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile. He served as a co-editor of Me´thexis (International Journal for Ancient Philosophy) and as a member of the editorial board of the International Plato Studies series (International Plato Society). His publications include Los Filósofos Estoicos: Ontología, Lógica, Física y Ética (coauthored with Ricardo Salles, 2014) and is co-editor of Soul and Mind in Greek Thought: Psychological Issues in Plato and Aristotle (2018).

Acknowledgments
Notes on the Texts and Translations
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
1. The Genealogy of Justice and Laws in Epicureanism
2. The City, the natural God and the Epicurean Promise of Security
3. Prolepsis, Justice and Usefulness in the Epicurean Contractual Political Model
4.. Cicero, Plutarch and Lactanctius as Readers of Epicurus
5. The Epicurean Sage, the Issue of Justice and the Laws
6. The Greek Poleis, Rome and its Illustrious Epicurean Citizens
7. Conclusions. Friendship, Law and Justice: The Epicureans and their Interest in
Interpersonal relations

Notes
Bibliography
General Index
Index Locorum

Erscheinungsdatum	27.01.2023
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-350-34654-3 / 1350346543
ISBN-13	978-1-350-34654-3 / 9781350346543
Zustand	Neuware