Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind / Edition 1

by Julia E. Annas

Overview

Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind is an elegant survey of Stoic and Epicurean ideas about the soul—an introduction to two ancient schools whose belief in the soul's physicality offer compelling parallels to modern approaches in the philosophy of mind. Annas incorporates recent thinking on Hellenistic philosophy of mind so lucidly and authoritatively that specialists and nonspecialists alike will find her book rewarding.

In part, the Hellenistic epoch was a "scientific" period that broke with tradition in ways that have an affinity with the modern shift from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the present day. Hellenistic philosophy of the soul, Annas argues, is in fact a philosophy of mind, especially in the treatment of such topics as perception, thought, and action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520076594
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	09/30/1994
Series:	Hellenistic Culture and Society , #8
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	245
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Julia E. Annas is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. She is the author, with Jonathan Barnes, of The Modes of Scepticism (1985).

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Contents
PART ONE The Background
1. The Medical and Scientific Background
PART TWO The Stoics
2. The Soul and the Mind
3. Perceiving and Thinking
4. Action
5. The Emotions
PART THREE The Epicureans
6. Atomism and Agents
7. Perception and Thought
8. Action and Freedom of Action
9. Emotions and Feelings
Conclusion
Bibliography
General Index
Index Locorum