Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind

Julia E. Annas

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780520912007
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophie
• Subtopic: Philosophie ancienne et classique

Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind is an elegant survey of Stoic and Epicurean ideas about the soul—an introduction to two ancient schools whose belief in the soul's physicality offer compelling parallels to modern approaches in the philosophy of mind. Annas incorporates recent thinking on Hellenistic philosophy of mind so lucidly and authoritatively that specialists and nonspecialists alike will find her book rewarding. In part, the Hellenistic epoch was a "scientific" period that broke with tradition in ways that have an affinity with the modern shift from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the present day. Hellenistic philosophy of the soul, Annas argues, is in fact a philosophy of mind, especially in the treatment of such topics as perception, thought, and action. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.
Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind is an elegant survey of Stoic and Epicurean ideas about the soul—an introduction to two ancient schools whose belief in the soul's physicality offer compelling parallels to modern approaches in the philosophy of mind.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 The Medical and Scientific Background
• 2 The Soul and the Mind
• 3 Perceiving and Thinking
• 4 Action
• 5 The Emotions
• 6 Atomism and Agents
• 7 Perception and Thought
• 8 Action and Freedom of Action
• 9 Emotions and Feelings
• Bibliography
• General Index
• Index Locorum