The Quest for the Good Life: Ancient Philosophers on Happiness

Synopsis

Happiness Was A Central Focus Of Ancient Philosophy: This Volume Traces Conceptions Of Happiness Through Nearly A Millennium, From The Presocratics Through Plato, Aristotle, And Hellenistic Philosophy To The Neo-platonists And Augustine In Late Antiquity. The Contributors Address Questions Raised By Ancient Thinkers That Are Still Of Deep Concern. On Happiness And Godlikeness Before Socrates / Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson -- Plato's Defence Of Justice : The Wrong Kind Of Reason? / Julia Annas -- Wanting To Do What Is Just In The Gorgias / Panos Dimas -- Eudaimonia, Human Nature, And Normativity : Reflections On Aristotle's Project In Nicomachean Ethics Book I / Øyvind Rabbås -- Aristotle On Happiness And Old Age / Hallvard Fossheim -- Aristotle On Happiness And Long Life / Gabriel Richardson Lear -- Why Is Aristotle's Vicious Person Miserable? / Gösta Grönroos -- Epicurus On Pleasure, Desire, And Friendship / Panos Dimas -- How Feasible Is The Stoic Conception Of Eudaimonia? / Katerina Ierodiakonou -- The Pyrrhonian Idea Of A Good Life / Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson -- Plotinus' Way Of Defining 'eudaimonia' In Ennead I 4 [46] 1-3 / Alexandrine Schniewind -- On Happiness And Time / Eyjólfur K. Emilsson -- Why Do We Need Other People To Be Happy? : Happiness And Concern For Others In Aspasius And Porphyry / Miira Tuominen -- Happiness In This Life? : Augustine On The Principle That Virtue Is Self-sufficient For Happiness / Christian Tornau. Edited By Øyvind Rabbås, Eyjólfur K. Emilsson, Hallvard Fossheim And Miira Tuominen. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 281-292) And Index.