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Author Cooper, John M. (John Madison), 1939-2022

Title Pursuits of wisdom : six ways of life in ancient philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus / John M. Cooper.

Imprint Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  180 COOPER    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  180 C777P    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 442 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-429) and index.
Contents On philosophy as a way of life -- The Socratic way of life -- Aristotle: philosophy as two ways of life -- Stoicism as a way of life -- The Epicurean and Skeptic ways of life -- Platonism as a way of life.
Summary This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. --from publisher description.
Subject Philosophy, Ancient.
Wisdom.
Conduct of life.
Philosophy.
Conduct of life. (OCoLC)fst00874563
Philosophy, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst01060860
Wisdom. (OCoLC)fst01176240
Lebensführung (DE-588)4034864-7
Weisheit (DE-588)4065203-8
Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6
Greece Altertum (DE-588)4093976-5
ISBN 9780691138602 (hardcover)
0691138605 (hardcover)
9780691159706 (paperback)
069115970X (paperback)
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