Martha C. Nussbaum 
The Therapy of Desire [EPUB ebook] 
Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics

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The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these Hellenistic schools have been unjustly neglected in recent philosophic accounts of what the classical ‘tradition’ has to offer. By examining texts of philosophers such as Epicurus, Lucretius, and Seneca, she recovers a valuable source for current moral and political thought and encourages us to reconsider philosophical argument as a technique through which to improve lives. Written for general readers and specialists, The Therapy of Desire addresses compelling issues ranging from the psychology of human passion through rhetoric to the role of philosophy in public and private life.

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Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the Law School and in the Philosophy Department at the University of Chicago. She is the author of many books, including
Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (Princeton).

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 584 ● ISBN 9781400831944 ● File size 2.7 MB ● Publisher Princeton University Press ● City Princeton ● Country US ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2701797 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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