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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Epicurus"”.
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Better than the alternative? Epicurus and the harm of death.
This essay will defend Epicurus’ (341 – 270 BCE) view that death is not a harm to us.
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Minding the Mundane: The Critique of Political Participation from Epicurus to Montaigne
… perspective and locate it particularly in Epicurus and his ancient followers, as well as (in modified form) in early modern European theorists influenced by Epicureanism. The mundane perspective is a way of looking at and talking about political activity, one which is critical of the lofty …
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Epicurus' legacy: succession and continuity in the institutional history of the Athenian Garden
… considerations that determined the approach Epicurus and his successors adopted to the organisation and management of the school. It pursues this over-arching aim through a re-examination of the major known episodes in the history of the Athenian Garden, challenging the established scholarly …
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"The Rhetoric of ""Explanation in Lucretius' ""De Rerum Natura"
… One addresses Lucretius' choice of presenting Epicurus' teaching in the form of didactic epos, and examines this choice as a rhetorical move that stems from the programmatic goals set by Epicurus. Chapter Two examines the questions of how Lucretius structured his poem, what rhetorical devices …
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Some Aspects of Practical Reasoning in Epicurean Ethics
… to be able to do so. The first chapter discusses Epicurus’ version of the hedonic calculus. My view is that he had a formal procedure for making decisions based on pleasure and he used it to formulate his ethical rules and recommendations, but it was different from a Utilitarian calculus. His …
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A morte pode ser conhecida: percurso em torno da compreensão da mortalidade na filosofia de Epicuro
… of death based on analysis of the philosophy of Epicurus. The central hypothesis is to demonstrate that the understanding of death can only be achieved through a continuous process of research into the nature of things, guided reflection within a system of thought, with radical impact on the …
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An Epicurean Kant
… I begin by exploring Kant's interest in Epicurus and the Stoics, particularly relative to his discussion of the proper relation of happiness and virtue in the summum bonum , his use of the postulates of pure practical reason, and his deployment of the concept of selbstzufriedenheit …
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Poetic genetics : family, sexual reproduction, and community in Lucretius' De rerum natura
… Roman audience. I argue that Lucretius modifies Epicurus’ teachings about family and sex to render Epicureanism more palatable to a Roman audience. I explore the cultural resonance of the social metaphors Lucretius uses to explain atomic movement, particularly in Books 1-3, and I argue that …
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Philodemus' ''peri poiematon'' and Horace's ''Ars Poetica'': Adapting Alexandrian aesthetics to Epicurean and Roman traditions
… were to refute carefully Epicurus' rejection of poetry as unfit for his followers, and give poetry a facade compatible to Epicureanism. Philodemus' Epicurean poetic theory ultimately recalls in many respects the Alexandrian poetic ideals: poetry should aim at hedonism, …
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Dealing with dvinity in De rerum natura
… investigation into Lucretius’ representation of Epicurus as divine. The final section of this report identifies some of the same dynamics at play in Lucretius in modern atheistic discourse and draws more general conclusions about the nature of anti-theistic discourse in a world dominated by …
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Multimodal metaphors in educational animated videos /
… of philosophical authors, such as Aristotle, Epicurus, and Lucretius, among others. After researching the topic, it seems that there have been studies conducted on metaphors in education, metaphors in animation and the benefits of using animation in education, however, there have been very few …
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Working for the Glory of God: The Distinction Between Greed and Self-Interest in the Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul
… schools to show the fundamental differences with Epicurus, Seneca, and Aristotle. Even when all four superficially agree, the supporting rationale diverges radically. An important conclusion is that the methodology utilized in this dissertation imposes neither modern economic categories nor …
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Living in the Shadow of Death A Philosophical Study of the Evil of Annihilation
… is not something worth doing. In response to Epicurus’ argument that death cannot be bad for the one who dies because there is no time at which it could be so, I argue that the normative implications of the Epicurean view are unacceptable and that death is plausibly either a posthumous evil or …
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P. Herc. 1570 Pieces 4, 5, 6a, 6b: [Philodemi] [De divitiis]
… the frivolous. Reference is made a few times to Epicurus, and mention is also made of a Phaedrus.</p> <p>Based on vocabulary and thematic content, and by ‘time-honoured convention,’ this work may be ascribed to Philodemus as one book from his multi-volume work <em>De divitiis</em>, sometimes …
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Sex, Metaphysics, and Mental 'Dis-ease'
The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus believed that our metaphysics determines our state of mind: a correct view of the nature of human and worldly existence brings inner peace and tranquillity; an incorrect view, inner turmoil. More recently, Australian philosopher John Bigelow lamented that, …
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Lucretius and the Problem of Attention
… Lucretius’ understanding of attention and Epicurus’ notion of *epibolē*, a much-vexed term, the meaning and significance of which is hotly debated in the literature.
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A Hybrid Theory of Global Justice
… version of hybrid theory in history, considering Epicurus, Grotius, and Hobbes. I evaluate each hybrid theory, drawing out their strengths and weaknesses. However, I ultimately argue that none provides a successful theory of global justice. Next, I articulate and defend a particular version of …
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Democritus and the Critical Tradition
<p>Modern scholars cannot agree how extant fragments of thought attributed to Leucippus and Democritus integrate (or do not) to form a coherent perspective on the ancient Greek world. While a certain degree of uncertainty is unavoidable, given the nature of the evidence available and the fact that …
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Deleuze and mereology: multiplicity, structure and composition
This investigation constitutes an attempt towards(1) understanding issues and problems relating to the notions of one, many, part and whole in Parmenides and Plato; (2) extracting conditions for a successful account of multiplicity and parthood;(3) surveying Deleuzian conceptions and uses of these …