The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-271/0 BCE) has attracted much contemporary interest. Tim O'Keefe argues that the sort of freedom which Epicurus wanted to preserve is significantly different from the 'free will' which philosophers debate today, and that in its emphasis on rational action, has much closer affinities with Aristotle's thought than with current preoccupations. His original and provocative book will be of interest to a wide range of readers in Hellenistic philosophy.
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"O'Keefe is a helpful and masterful guide through the complex philosophical issues and fragmentary pieces of evidence relevant to Epicurus, determinism, and the swerve."
Mi-Kyoung Lee, Journal of the History of Moral Philosophy
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In this book, Tim O'Keefe reconstructs the philosopher Epicurus' (341 271/0 BCE) theory of freedom. Epicurus' theory has attracted much interest, but our attempts to understand it have been hampered by reading it anachronistically as the discovery of the modern problem of free will and determinism. O'Keefe argues that the sort of freedom which Epicurus wanted to preserve is significantly different from the 'free will' which philosophers debate today, and that in its emphasis on rational action it has much closer affinities with Aristotle's thought than with current preoccupations.
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One of the most startling and distinctive aspects of Epicurean philosophy is the atomic motion known as the 'swerve.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
atomic rebounds, temporal archê, causal breaks, bivalence interpretation, main textual support, fatalist argument, role the swerve, libera voluntas, swerving motion, natural downwards motion, atomic swerve, justified praise, causal determinism, congenital dispositions, external blows, modern libertarians, logical determinism, atomic motion, free volition, libertarian freedom, cause interpretation, causal independence, sensible qualities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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One of the most startling and distinctive aspects of Epicurean philosophy is the atomic motion known as the 'swerve.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
atomic rebounds, temporal archê, causal breaks, bivalence interpretation, main textual support, fatalist argument, role the swerve, libera voluntas, swerving motion, natural downwards motion, atomic swerve, justified praise, causal determinism, congenital dispositions, external blows, modern libertarians, logical determinism, atomic motion, free volition, libertarian freedom, cause interpretation, causal independence, sensible qualities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Idle Argument, Master Argument, Nicomachean Ethics, David Sedley, Epicurean Colotes New!
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- On Nature by Lucretius on 15 pages
- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 7 pages
- Free Will (Blackwell Readings in Philosophy) by Robert Kane in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- On Generation and Corruption by Aristotle on page 29, and page 120
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Eleonore Stump in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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