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Epicurus and Democritean Ethics: An Archaeology of Ataraxia (Cambridge Classical Studies)
Epicurus and Democritean Ethics An Archaeology of Ataraxia - Cambridge Classical Studies Author:James Warren The Epicurean philosophical system has enjoyed much recent scrutiny, but the question of its philosophical ancestry remains largely neglected. This book traces its origins in the fifth-century BC atomist Democritus, in his fourth-century followers such as Anaxarchus and Pyrrho, and in Epicurus' disagreements with his own Democritean teacher Naus... more »iphanes. The result is not only a fascinating reconstruction of a lost tradition, but also an important contribution to the philosophical interpretation of Epicureanism, bearing especially on its ideal of tranquillity and on the relation of ethics to physics.« less