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1 online resource (300 pages) |
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Ashgate Ancient Philosophy Series |
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Ashgate ancient philosophy series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1 'Ethics', 'Philosophy' and Philosophia; The history and internal geography of philosophia; The point and balance of philosophia: Imperial-period perceptions; The 'dominance' of ethics; Authority and division; Philosophia in the community; Who qualifies?; 2 Perfection and Progress; Perfection: ideal states of the person; Lives and progress; Conclusion; 3 The Passions; Background; Emotion and its control in the Imperial period; Conclusion: continuity and change; 4 Self, Person and Individual |
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The soul and the real personProgrammes of self-discovery?; The self in therapeutic advice; The Self and the Will?; Afterword; 5 Self and Others; The Stoics; Peripatetics, Platonists, Epicureans and Cynics; Special issues; Conclusion; 6 Politics 1: Constitutions and the Ruler; The political background to Imperial-period theorizing; Constitutions; 7 Politics 2: Good Communities; Dio on the Black Sea; Harmony and order; Collective moral character; Sanctions: law, punishment and instruction; Constituents of the community; 8 Politics 3: Philosophia in Politics and the Community |
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Entertainment, leisure and responsibilityPhilosophoi in formal politics; Conclusion; 9 Philosophia and the Mainstream; Politics; A more general lack of alignment?; The paradox of an educational setting; An uncertain status?; Conclusion; Appendix: Bio-bibliographies; Bibliography; Index of Works and Passages; General Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gill, Mary Louise
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Sharples, Ms. Elizabeth
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Sharples, Professor R. W
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| ISBN |
9781351911429 |
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1351911422 |
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