The Therapy of Desire

Physics I.2

Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind is an elegant survey of Stoic and Epicurean ideas about the soul--an introduction to two ancient schools whose belief in the soul's physicality offer compelling parallels to modern approaches in the philosophy of mind. Annas incorporates recent thinking on Hellenistic philosophy of mind so lucidly and authoritatively that specialists and nonspecialists alike will find her book rewarding. In part, the Hellenistic epoch was a "scientific" period that broke with tradition in ways that have an affinity with the modern shift from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the present day. Hellenistic philosophy of the soul, Annas argues, is in fact a philosophy of mind, especially in the treatment of such topics as perception, thought, and action.

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Hellenistic philosophy of mind

Within twenty years of Alexander's death his empire had split into separate states, whose rulers had taken the title of king. The new kings were forceful and ambitious men who relied on their armies and mostly ruled in lands where monarchy was traditional. The new monarchies presented Greeks with ideological problems. Wherever they lived, they had to adjust to a dominant royal power and to find an acceptable place for monarchy within their political philosophy. It has been widely argued that the Antigonid monarchy in Macedonia differed in important respects from monarchy in the other kingdoms. Hellenistic monarchy was closely associated with religion and the gods. More varied in both its form and its implications is the religious practice commonly known as ruler-cult. The legacy of Hellenistic kingship lived on in the Roman Empire, its ideology and its institutions, secular and religious alike, now adapted to the requirements of a universal monarchy.

Monarchies and monarchic Ideas

The writings of the Church Fathers form a distinct body of literature that shaped the early church and built upon the doctrinal foundations of Christianity established within the New Testament. Christian literature in the period c.100–c.400 constitutes one of the most influential textual oeuvres of any religion. Written mainly in Greek, Latin and Syriac, Patristic literature emanated from all parts of the early Christian world and helped to extend its boundaries. The History offers a systematic account of that literature and its setting. The works of individual writers in shaping the various genres of Christian literature is considered, alongside three general essays, covering distinct periods in the development of Christian literature, which survey the social, cultural and doctrinal context within which Christian literature arose and was used by Christians. This is a landmark reference book for scholars and students alike.

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The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature

The mind of Aristotle : a study in philosophical growth

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. A life for the sage 3. The Plotinian One 4. The one's knowledge 5. Beauty, the beautiful and the good 6. Emanation and necessity 7. Logos 8. The sensible object 9. The descent of the soul 10. Man's free will' 11. Happiness 12. The self and others 13. The originality of Plotinus 14. A common metaphor 15. Prayer 16. Mysticism 17. Neoplatonic faith 18. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Indices.

Plotinus: The Road to Reality

Eros and Psyche: Studies in Plato, Plotinus and Origen

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Works of Augustine Notes on chronology Bibliographical note 1. Approaching Augustine 2. Words, signs and things 3. Certainty, belief and understanding 4. Soul, body and personal identity 5. Will, love and right action 6. Individuals, social institutions and political life 7. Evil, justice and divine omnipotence 8. Augustinus redivivus Appendix 1: Porphyry's account of the sentence in the De Magistro Apendix 2: Traducianism, creationism and the transmission of original sin Appendix 3: Augustine and Julian: aspects of the debate about sexual concupiscentia Indexes.

Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized

Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Part I: Epicurus and his Friends Part II. Canonic: 1. Introduction 2. Sensation 3. General concepts 4. Feelings 5. Image-making contact of the mind 6. True and false judgement Part III. Physics: 1. First principles 2. Atoms: size and shape 3. Atoms: weight and movement 4. 'Parts' of atoms 5. Secondary qualities 6. Void 7. Compounds 8. Qualities of physical objects Part IV: Man and the Cosmos Part V. Soul, Mind and Body: 1. The atomic composition of the soul 2. Anima and animus 3. Sensation 4. Operations of the mind 5. Will and action Part VI. Pleasure: 1. The concept of pleasure 2. The subsidiary role of kinetic pleasure 3. The limit of pleasure 4. Condensing pleasure 5. The selection of pleasures 6. The role of pleasure in ethics Part VII: The Problem of Friendship Part VIII. The Gods and Religion: 1. The existence and structure of the gods 2. Analogy and insomnia 3. The life and activities of the gods 4. Rights religion Part IX: Postscript Appendices Glossary of technical terms Bibliography Index.

John M. Rist

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The mind of Aristotle : a study in philosophical growth

Plotinus: The Road to Reality

Eros and Psyche: Studies in Plato, Plotinus and Origen

Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized

Epicurus: An Introduction