The Cyrenaics were a Hellenistic Greek philosophical school of the fourth century BC, related both to the Socratic tradition and to Greek skepticism. There are further links with modern philosophy as well. This book reconstructs the Cyrenaic theory of knowledge, explains how it depends on Cyrenaic hedonism, locates it in the context of ancient debates and discusses its connections with modern and contemporary views on knowledge.
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"Tsouna's study of the epistemology of the Cyrenaic school is certainly a valuable asset for the scholarship on Hellenistic philosophy and ses a standard of excellence of philological expertise and interpretation of ancient philosophy in the light of modern cognitive theory." Classical World
"Tsouna provides a welcome addition to the sparse bibliography on a philosophical school that claimed a Socratic pedigree and was also related to the Skeptics. Throughout she contrasts the hedonism and cognitive theory of the Cyrenaics with modern philosophic thought, a valuable contribution. Her work belongs in the collections of all universities and colleges that teach classics and philosophy." Religious Studies Review
"...scholarly...[Tsouna] provides a valuable discussion in which she compares the Cyrenaics with Epicureans, Protagoras, and the Socratic doctrines that supposedly inspired Aristippus." Ethics
"...astutely argued and clearly well-written..." Richard Bett, Ancient Philosophy
"Tsouna provides a welcome addition to the sparse bibliography on a philosophical school that claimed a Socratic pedigree and was also related to the Skeptics. Throughout she contrasts the hedonism and cognitive theory of the Cyrenaics with modern philosophic thought, a valuable contribution. Her work belongs in the collections of all universities and colleges that teach classics and philosophy." Religious Studies Review
"...scholarly...[Tsouna] provides a valuable discussion in which she compares the Cyrenaics with Epicureans, Protagoras, and the Socratic doctrines that supposedly inspired Aristippus." Ethics
"...astutely argued and clearly well-written..." Richard Bett, Ancient Philosophy
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The Cyrenaics were a Hellenistic Greek philosophical school of the fourth century BC, related both to the Socratic tradition and to Greek scepticism. There are further links with modern philosophy as well. This book reconstructs the Cyrenaic theory of knowledge, explains how it depends on Cyrenaic hedonism, locates it in the context of ancient debates and discusses its connections with modern and contemporary views on knowledge.
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What we usually call Cyrenaic 'epistemology' is not an epistemology in the sense that other ancient and modern theories are. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
individual pathé, adverbial model, being yellowed, own pathe, own pathé, incorrigible awareness, internal touch, being whitened, being horsed, being reddened, infallible awareness, individual pathos, epistemic characteristics, shared criterion, normal perceivers, whole criterion, cognitive impression, different perceivers, particular pathos, extensional properties, epistemic features, temporal identity, being walled, epistemological thesis, dogmatic philosophers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aristippus the Younger, Aristippus of Cyrene, Diogenes Laertius, Clement of Alexandria, Growing Argument, Vander Waerdt, Cradle Argument New!
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What we usually call Cyrenaic 'epistemology' is not an epistemology in the sense that other ancient and modern theories are. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
individual pathé, adverbial model, being yellowed, own pathe, own pathé, incorrigible awareness, internal touch, being whitened, being horsed, being reddened, infallible awareness, individual pathos, epistemic characteristics, shared criterion, normal perceivers, whole criterion, cognitive impression, different perceivers, particular pathos, extensional properties, epistemic features, temporal identity, being walled, epistemological thesis, dogmatic philosophers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aristippus the Younger, Aristippus of Cyrene, Diogenes Laertius, Clement of Alexandria, Growing Argument, Vander Waerdt, Cradle Argument New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Preparation for the Gospel by Eusebius Pamphill in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Philosophical Investigations (3rd Edition) by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Socratic Movement by Paul A. Vander Waerdt in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Great Books in Philosophy) by Sextus Empiricus in Front Matter, page 35, and Back Matter
- Other Minds by J Wisdom on page 90, page 91, and Back Matter
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- The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by David Sedley in Back Matter
- Cicero on the Emotions: Tusculan Disputations 3 and 4 (Bks. 3 & 4) by Marcus Tullius Cicero in Back Matter
- Other Minds (Problems of Philosophy) by Anita Avramides in Back Matter
- The Structured Self in Hellenistic and Roman Thought by Christopher Gill in Back Matter
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