Akrasia in Greek philosophy : from Socrates to Plotinus / edited by Christopher Bobonich and Pierre Destrée.
2007
BJ1468.5 .A47 2007eb
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Title
Akrasia in Greek philosophy : from Socrates to Plotinus / edited by Christopher Bobonich and Pierre Destrée.
ISBN
9789047420125 (electronic bk.)
9047420128 (electronic bk.)
9789004156708 (hbk.)
9004156704 (hbk.)
9047420128 (electronic bk.)
9789004156708 (hbk.)
9004156704 (hbk.)
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvii, 307 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1163/ej.9789004156708.i-308 doi
Call Number
BJ1468.5 .A47 2007eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)592756282
Summary
Discussions on akrasia (lack of control, or weakness of will) in Greek philosophy have been particularily intense. This work covers the history of Greek ethics, from Socrates to Plotinus, through Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics (Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Epictetus).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Socrates on akrasia : knowledge, and the power of appearance / Thomas Brickhouse and Nicholas Smith
A problem in the Gorgias : how is punishment supposed to help with intellectual error? / Christopher Rowe
Plato on akrasia and knowing your own mind / Chris Bobonich
Unified agency and akrasia in Plato's Republic / Christopher Shields
Thirst as desire for good / Roslyn Weiss
Akrasia and the structure of the passions in Plato's Timaeus / Gabriela Roxana Carone
Plato and Enkrateia / Louis-André Dorion
Aristotle on the causes of akrasia / Pierre Destrée
Akrasia and the method of ethics / Marco Zingano
Aristotle's weak akrates : what does her ignorance consist in? / David Charles
Akrasia and enkrateia in ancient stoicism : minor vice and minor virtue? / Jean-Baptiste Gourinat
Epictetus on moral responsibility for precipitate action / Rigardo Salles
Plotinus on akrasia : the neoplatonic synthesis / Lloyd Gerson.
A problem in the Gorgias : how is punishment supposed to help with intellectual error? / Christopher Rowe
Plato on akrasia and knowing your own mind / Chris Bobonich
Unified agency and akrasia in Plato's Republic / Christopher Shields
Thirst as desire for good / Roslyn Weiss
Akrasia and the structure of the passions in Plato's Timaeus / Gabriela Roxana Carone
Plato and Enkrateia / Louis-André Dorion
Aristotle on the causes of akrasia / Pierre Destrée
Akrasia and the method of ethics / Marco Zingano
Aristotle's weak akrates : what does her ignorance consist in? / David Charles
Akrasia and enkrateia in ancient stoicism : minor vice and minor virtue? / Jean-Baptiste Gourinat
Epictetus on moral responsibility for precipitate action / Rigardo Salles
Plotinus on akrasia : the neoplatonic synthesis / Lloyd Gerson.
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. (http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212)
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Philosophia antiqua ; v. 106.
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Print version: Akrasia in Greek philosophy. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007
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