Epicurus’ Divine Hedonism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10286186 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andree Hahmann (University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author), Jan Maximilian Robitzsch (0000-0001-5244-8091, University of Tennessee at Knoxville) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 401-422 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568525x-12342723 |
| OpenAlex | W3081177308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
In this paper, we show how the Epicureans are part of and transform the originally Platonic ethical tradition of the assimilation to the divine ( ὁμοίωσις θεῷ ). We argue that a proper understanding of this tradition helps us to understand better the role that thinking plays in Epicurean ethics: Epicurus’ emphasis on and reinterpretation of thinking allows him to reject more forcefully the claim that the best life is a life of unreflective pleasure ( βίος ἀπολαυστικός )
Aesthetics · Epicureanism · Epistemology · Hedonism · Pleasure · Reinterpretation · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |