Stoic Philosophy

by J. M. Rist

Overview

Literature on the Stoa usually concentrates on historical accounts of the development of the school and on Stoicism as a social movement. In this 1977 text, Professor Rist's approach is to examine in detail a series of philosophical problems discussed by leading members of the Stoic school. He is not concerned with social history or with the influence of Stoicism on popular beliefs in the Ancient world, but with such questions as the relation between Stoicism and the thought of Aristotle, the meaning and purpose of such Stoic paradoxes as 'all sins are equal', and the philosophical interrelation of Stoic physics and ethics. There are chapters on aspects of Stoic logic and on the thought of particular thinkers such as Panaetius and Posidonius, but ethical problems occupy the centre of the stage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521292016
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/21/1977
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Aristotle and the stoic good; 2. Zeno and Chrysippus on human action and emotion; 3. Problems of pleasure and pain; 4. Cynicism and stoicism; 5. All sins are equal; 6. Appropriate acts; 7. Fate and necessity; 8. The criterion of truth; 9. Categories and their uses; 10. The innovations of Panaetius; 11. The imprint of Posidonius; 12. Knowing and willing; 13. Suicide; 14. The unity of the person; 15. Three stoic views of time; 16. Postscript; Bibliography; Index.