Description
| Product ID: | 9780691176383 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Birth of Hedonism |
| Subtitle: | The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life |
| Authors: | Author: Kurt Lampe |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating According to Xenophon, Socrates tried to persuade his associate Aristippus to moderate his excessive indulgence in wine, women, and food, arguing that only hard work can bring happiness. Aristippus wasn't convinced. Instead, he and his followers espoused the most radical form of hedonism in ancient Western philosophy. Before the rise of the better |
| Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-05-09 |