TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolfsdorf,David
TI  - Pleasure in Ancient Greek Philosophy
T2  - Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy
SN  - 9780511667510 (ebook)
AV  - B171 .W65 2013
U1  - 128/.4 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016)
N2  - The Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy series provides concise books, written by major scholars and accessible to non-specialists, on important themes in ancient philosophy that remain of philosophical interest today. In this volume Professor Wolfsdorf undertakes the first exploration of ancient Greek philosophical conceptions of pleasure in relation to contemporary conceptions. He provides broad coverage of the ancient material, from pre-Platonic to Old Stoic treatments; and, in the contemporary period, from World War II to the present. Examination of the nature of pleasure in ancient philosophy largely occurred within ethical contexts but in the contemporary period has, to a greater extent, been pursued within philosophy of mind and psychology. This divergence reflects the dominant philosophical preoccupations of the times. But Professor Wolfsdorf argues that the various treatments are complementary. Indeed, the Greeks' examinations of pleasure were incisive and their debates vigorous, and their results have enduring value for contemporary discussion
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511667510
ER  -