"The great insights of the Stoics are spread over a wide range of ancient sources. This book brings them all together for the first time. It systematically presents what the various Stoic philosophers said on every important topic, accompanied by an eloquent commentary that is c…
At the school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium the teachers believed that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge and reason, and encouraged indifference to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain. Farnsworth integrates his own observations …
La 4e de couverture indique : "This book is the first extensive study of the role of the family in the work of Seneca. It offers a new way of reading philosophy that combines philosophical analysis with social, cultural and historical factors to bring out the ways in which Stoic…
"Pese a lo que se suele pensar, el estoicismo no consiste en suprimir u ocultar nuestras emociones, sino en reconocerlas, reflexionar sobre lo que las causa y reconducirlas para nuestro propio bien. Lo que lo convierte claramente en una filosofía práctica. Porque en la búsqueda …