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Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Jacques Brunschwig
Edited by Martha C. Nussbaum
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:380
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 151
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - Ancient to c 500
Philosophy of the mind
ISBN/Barcode 9780521034982
ClassificationsDewey:128.20938
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 14 December 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The philosophers of the Hellenistic schools in ancient Greece and Rome (Epicureans, Stoics, Sceptics, Academics, Cyrenaics) made important contributions to the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of psychology. This volume, which contains the proceedings of the Fifth Symposium Hellenisticum, describes and analyses their contributions on issues such as: the nature of perception, imagination and belief; the nature of the passions and their role in action; the relationship between mind and body; freedom and determinism; the role of pleasure as a goal; the effects of poetry on belief and passion. Written with a high level of historical and philosophical scholarship, the essays are intended both for classicists and for specialists interested in the philosophy of mind.