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Titre :
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Stoicism and Emotion
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Auteurs :
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Margaret R. Graver, Auteur
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Type de document :
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texte imprimé
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Editeur :
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Chicago and London : The University of Chicago Press, 2007
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-0-226-30558-5
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Format :
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x-289 p. / couv. ill. en coul / 23 cm
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Note générale :
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Table of Contents (PP. VII-VIII), Acknowledgments (P. IX-X), Bibliography (PP. 257-268), Index (PP. 279-289)
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Index. décimale :
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Ethique (170) (Systèmes et doctrines)
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Catégories :
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Éthique
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Mots-clés:
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Stoicism, Emotions, philosophy, ethic, character,
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Résumé :
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On the surface, stoicism and emotion seem like contradictory terms. Yet the Stoic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome were deeply interested in the emotions, which they understood as complex judgements about what we regard as valuable in our surroundings. Stoicism and Emotion shows that they did not simply advocate a suppression of feeling, as "stoicism" implies in today's English, but instead conducted a searching examination of these powerful psychological responses, seeking to understand what attitude toward them expresses the deepest respect for human potential.
In this work, Margaret Graver gives a compelling new interpretation of the stoic position. Drawing on a vast range of ancient sources, she argues that the chief demand of Stoic ethics is not that we should suppress or deny our feelings, but that we should perfect teh rational mind at the core of every human being.
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Note de contenu :
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Introduction : Emotion and Norms for Emotion. 1. A Science of the Mind. 2. The Pathetic Syllogism. 3. Vigor and Responsibility. 4. Feelings without Assent. 5. Brutishness and Insanity. 6. Traits of Character. 7. The development of Character. 8. City of Friends and Lovers. 9. The Tears of Alcibiades.
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