Health and Hedonism in Plato and Epicurus
Author | : Kelly Arenson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2020-10-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781350212312 |
ISBN-13 | : 1350212318 |
Rating | : 4/5 (318 Downloads) |
Download or read book Health and Hedonism in Plato and Epicurus written by Kelly Arenson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pleasure of psychic harmony in the Republic -- Restorative pleasure and the neutral state of health in the Philebus -- Plato's anti-hedonistic process argument -- Cicero's De finibus and Epicurean pleasure -- Epicurean pleasures of bodily and mental health -- Pleasurable restorations of health in Epicurean hedonism -- Epicureans on taste, sex, and other non-restorative pleasures -- Health and hedonism in Plato and Epicurus.