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Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus

Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:John M. CooperPublish date:2013-08-25Pages:456
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691159706ISBN-10:069115970XUPC:9780691159706Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Ethics & Moral PhilosophyBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.23 x 6.15 x 1.08 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCT9GC6ZEY

Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus

This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguished philosopher John Cooper traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studied or even used to solve particular practical problems. Rather, philosophy--not just ethics but...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691159706ISBN-10:069115970XUPC:9780691159706Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Ethics & Moral PhilosophyBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.23 x 6.15 x 1.08 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCT9GC6ZEY
John M. Cooper is the Henry Putnam University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He is the general editor of the authoritative English-language edition of Plato's complete writings, and the author of Reason and Emotion and Knowledge, Nature, and the Good (both Princeton), among other books.
Publisher: Princeton University Press

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John M. Cooper

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