Description:The philosophers of the Hellenistic schools in ancient Greece & Rome (Epicureans, Stoics, Sceptics, Academics, Cyrenaics) made important contributions to the philosophy of mind & the philosophy of psychology. This volume, which contains the proceedings of the 5th Symposium Hellenisticum, describes & analyses their contributions on issues such as: the nature of perception, imagination & belief; the nature of the passions & their role in action; the relationship between mind & body; freedom & determinism; the role of pleasure as a goal; the effects of poetry on belief & passion. Written with a high level of historical & philosophical scholarship, the essays are intended both for classicists & for specialists interested in the philosophy of mind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind. To get started finding Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
376
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (UK)
Release
1993
ISBN
0521402026
Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
Description: The philosophers of the Hellenistic schools in ancient Greece & Rome (Epicureans, Stoics, Sceptics, Academics, Cyrenaics) made important contributions to the philosophy of mind & the philosophy of psychology. This volume, which contains the proceedings of the 5th Symposium Hellenisticum, describes & analyses their contributions on issues such as: the nature of perception, imagination & belief; the nature of the passions & their role in action; the relationship between mind & body; freedom & determinism; the role of pleasure as a goal; the effects of poetry on belief & passion. Written with a high level of historical & philosophical scholarship, the essays are intended both for classicists & for specialists interested in the philosophy of mind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind. To get started finding Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.