The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia
Author: Epicurus
Editors & Translators: Brad Inwood & Lloyd P. Gerson
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Date: March 15, 1994
Type: Hardcover
Print Length: 128 Pages
Product Description
Table of Contents:
Introduction The ancient biography of Epicurus The extant letters Ancient collections of maxims Doxographical reports The testimony of Cicero The testimony of Lucretius The polemic of Plutarch Short fragments and testimonia from known works: * From On Nature * From the Puzzles * From On the Goal * From the Symposium * From Against Theophrastus * Fragments of Epicurus’ letters
Short fragments and testimonia from uncertain works: * Logic and epistemology * Physics and theology * Ethics
About the Editors
Brad Inwood is Professor of Philosophy and Classics, University of Toronto.
Lloyd P. Gerson is Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto