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The therapy of desire, theory and practice in Hellenistic ethics, Martha C. Nussbaum with a new introduction by the author

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The therapy of desire, theory and practice in Hellenistic ethics, Martha C. Nussbaum with a new introduction by the author

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-530) and indexes

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The therapy of desire

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bibliography

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660487609

Responsibility statement

Martha C. Nussbaum with a new introduction by the author

Sub title

theory and practice in Hellenistic ethics

Table Of Contents

Introduction to th 2009 ed. -- Therapeutic arguments -- Medical dialectic : Aristotle on theory and practice -- Aristotle on emotions and ethical health -- Epicurean surgery : argument and empty desire -- Beyond obsession and disgust : Lucretius and the therapy of love -- Mortal immortals : Lucretius on death and the voice of nature -- "By words, not arms" : Lucretius on anger and aggression -- Skeptic purgatives : purgatives and the life without belief -- Stoic tonics : philosophy and the self-government of the soul -- The Stoics on the extirpation of the passions -- Seneca on anger in public life -- Serpents in the soul : a reading of Seneca's Medea -- The therapy of desire

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