Brad Inwood è uno specialista di spicco nella filosofia antica, con particolare enfasi sullo stoicismo e sui presocratici. Il suo lavoro approfondisce le complessità dell'etica, della psicologia morale e del pensiero filosofico antico, esplorando questioni fondamentali dell'azione e della cognizione umana. L'approccio analitico di Inwood illumina testi e idee chiave che hanno plasmato il patrimonio filosofico occidentale, offrendo ai lettori un'esplorazione avvincente della formazione delle antiche teorie etiche.
Diese Einführung in den Stoizismus bietet einen Überblick über die Entwicklung der philosophischen Schule von ihren Anfängen im 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis heute. Inwood beleuchtet die Rezeption in der westlichen Tradition und zeigt den gemeinsamen Kern philosophischer Einsichten zwischen antiken und modernen Stoikern auf.
The most comprehensive collection of passages from later Stoic thinkers, providing fresh translations and up-to-date commentary.
"Stoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to re-think and re-organize their lives in order to achieve personal satisfaction. Brad Inwood presents the long history that connects these."-- Provided by publisher
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection restores Seneca—whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson—to his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities. On Benefits, written between 56 and 64 CE, is a treatise addressed to Seneca’s close friend Aebutius Liberalis. The longest of Seneca’s works dealing with a single subject—how to give and receive benefits and how to express gratitude appropriately—On Benefits is the only complete work on what we now call “gift exchange” to survive from antiquity. Benefits were of great personal significance to Seneca, who remarked in one of his later letters that philosophy teaches, above all else, to owe and repay benefits well.
This volume features original articles covering various aspects of ancient philosophy, including in-depth discussions and critical reviews of significant works. Published biannually, it offers substantial contributions to the field in both hardback and paperback formats, making it a valuable resource for scholars and enthusiasts alike.