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Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction [#452]
Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction [#452]

Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction [#452]

Author: 
Catherine Wilson
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  • Provides readers with a sense of the influence of Epicureanism and its ideas on philosophical thought across the centuries
  • Demonstrates how Epicureanism's message of 'civilized moderation' remains relevant today
  • Places Epicureanism within the context of its rival views: Stoicism and Kantian ethics

  
Epicureanism is commonly associated with a carefree view of life and the pursuit of pleasures, particularly the pleasures of the table. However it was a complex and distinctive system of philosophy that emphasized simplicity and moderation, and considered nature to consist of atoms and the void. Epicureanism is a school of thought whose legacy continues to reverberate today.
 
In this Very Short Introduction, Catherine Wilson explains the key ideas of the School, comparing them with those of the rival Stoics and with Kantian ethics, and tracing their influence on the development of scientific and political thought from Locke, Newton, and Galileo to Rousseau, Marx, Bentham, and Mill. She discusses the adoption and adaptation of Epicurean motifs in science, morality, and politics from the 17th Century onwards and contextualises the significance of Epicureanism in modern life. 

Index: 

1: Introduction
2: Atomic worlds
3: Knowledge and understanding
4: Living, loving, dying
5: Material minds
6: Religion and superstition
7: Politics and society
8: Epicurean ethics
9: The Epicurean legacy
Further reading
Index

About the author: 

Catherine Wilson is Anniversary Professor of Philosophy at York University and known for her work on the legacy of Epicureanism. She has contributed chapters to the Cambridge Companion to Epicurus (CUP, 2009) and is the author of the highly regarded monograph, Epicureanism at the Origins of Modernity (OUP, 2008).

Product details

ISBN : 9780199688326

Author: 
Catherine Wilson
Pages
160 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
111 x 174 mm
Pub date
Dec 2015
Series
Very Short Introductions
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Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction [#452]

Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction [#452]

Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction [#452]