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Author Curnow, Trevor

Title Ancient Philosophy and Everyday Life
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (108 pages)
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary Ancient Philosophy and Everyday Life is an introduction to Cynicism, Stoicism, Epicureanism and Scepticism. After a general account of the nature of ancient philosophy, it looks at each of these four particular schools in turn, outlining their histories and their doctrines. Special attention is paid to how these philosophies formed the bases for distinctive ways of life in antiquity. It is shown how their founders not only articulated the fundamental ideas of their schools but also embodied ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-95) and index
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Subject Philosophy, Ancient -- Social aspects
Philosophy, Ancient.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
Philosophy, Ancient
Antike
Philosophie
Lebensführung
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443806732
1443806730
1282190563
9781282190566
9786612190568
6612190566