On the path to virtue - G. Roskam
the stoic doctrine of moral progress and its re
KORTE INHOUD
This study is divided into two main parts. The first one is about the specific Stoic doctrine on moral progress (prokopê). Attention is first given to the subtle view developed by the early Stoics, who categorically denied the existence of any mean between vice and virtue, and yet succeeded in giving moral progress a logical and meaningful place within their ethical thinking. Subsequently, the position of later Stoics (Panaetius, Hecato, Posidonius, Seneca, Musonius Rufus, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius) is examined. Most of them appear to adopt a basically 'orthodox' view, although each one of them lays his own accents and deals with Chrysippus' tenets from his own personal perspective. Occasionally, the 'heterodox' position of Aristo of Chios proves to have remained influential too.
The second part of the study deals with the polemical reception of the Stoic doctrine of moral progress in (Middle-)Platonism. The first author who is discussed is Philo of Alexandria. Philo deals with the Stoic doctrine in a ver...
The second part of the study deals with the polemical reception of the Stoic doctrine of moral progress in (Middle-)Platonism. The first author who is discussed is Philo of Alexandria. Philo deals with the Stoic doctrine in a ver...
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2005 Uitgever: Universitaire Pers Leuven Reeks: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Series 1 507 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte: 240x160x30 ISBN-10: 9058674762 ISBN-13: 9789058674760Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Leuven University Press, Leuven, 2005. VIII,507p. Original grey embossed cloth. Series: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Series 1, XXXIII. ‘In this broad-ranging, learned and lucidly written book R. offers an overview of the Stoic doctrine of ‘moral progress’ (prokopè) and its ‘afterlife’ in (Middle-)Platonism. The Stoics notoriously held that every man who is not perfectly wise remains an utter fool. They nevertheless - ‘paradoxically’- also maintained that moral progress is possible. The book is divided ...
