Epicurus; an introduction
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| Author / Creator: | Rist, John M. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 1972. |
| Description: | xiv, 185 p. 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1364807 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I. Epicurus and his Friends
- Part II. Canonic
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Sensation
- 3. General concepts
- 4. Feelings
- 5. Image-making contact of the mind
- 6. True and false judgement
- Part III. Physics
- 1. First principles
- 2. Atoms: size and shape
- 3. Atoms: weight and movement
- 4. 'Parts' of atoms
- 5. Secondary qualities
- 6. Void
- 7. Compounds
- 8. Qualities of physical objects
- Part IV. Man and the Cosmos
- Part V. Soul, Mind and Body
- 1. The atomic composition of the soul
- 2. Anima and animus
- 3. Sensation
- 4. Operations of the mind
- 5. Will and action
- Part VI. Pleasure
- 1. The concept of pleasure
- 2. The subsidiary role of kinetic pleasure
- 3. The limit of pleasure
- 4. Condensing pleasure
- 5. The selection of pleasures
- 6. The role of pleasure in ethics
- Part VII. The Problem of Friendship
- Part VIII. The Gods and Religion
- 1. The existence and structure of the gods
- 2. Analogy and insomnia
- 3. The life and activities of the gods
- 4. Rights religion
- Part IX. Postscript
- Appendices
- Glossary of technical terms
- Bibliography
- Index