The pleasures of reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the hellenistic hedonists /
Human lives are full of pleasures and pains. And humans are creatures that are able to think: to learn, understand, remember and recall, plan and anticipate. Ancient philosophers were interested in both of these facts and, what is more, were interested in how these two facts are related to one anoth...
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: the pleasures of reason
- 2. Plato on the pleasures and pains of knowing
- 3. Aristotle on the pleasures of learning and knowing
- 4. Epicurus and Plutarch on pleasure and human nature
- 5. Measuring future pleasures in Plato's Protagoras and Philebus
- 6. Anticipation, character, and piety in Plato's Philebus
- 7. Aristotle on the pleasures and pains of memory
- 8. Epicureans and Cyrenaics on anticipating and recollecting pleasures
- 9. Epilogue.
