Cambridge Companion to the Stoics

Name: Cambridge Companion to the Stoics
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ISBN: 9780521779852

ISBN-10: 0521779855

ISBN-13: 9780521779852

Edition: 2003

Authors: Brad Inwood

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This unique volume offers an odyssey through the ideas of the Stoics in three particular ways: first, through the historical trajectory of the school itself and its influence; second, through the recovery of the history of Stoic thought; third, through the ongoing confrontation with Stoicism, showing how it refines philosophical traditions, challenges the imagination, and ultimately defines the kind of life one chooses to lead. A distinguished roster of specialists have written an authoritative guide to the entire philosophical tradition. The first two chapters chart the history of the school in the ancient world, and are followed by chapters on the core themes of the Stoic system:…

Book details

List price: $38.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/5/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 450
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Brad Inwood is Professor of Classics, University of Toronto.



Introduction: Stoicism: an intellectual odyssey




The school, from Zeno to Arius Didymus




The school in the Roman imperial period




Stoic epistemology




Stoic logic




Stoic natural philosophy (physics and cosmology)




Stoic theology




Stoic determinism




Stoic metaphysics




Stoic ethics




Stoic moral psychology




Stoicism and medicine




The stoic contribution to traditional grammar




The stoics and the astronomical sciences




Stoic naturalism and its critics




Stoicism in the philosophical tradition: Spinoza, Lipsius, Butler