Epistemology of the Cyrenaic School - Softcover

Tsouna, Voula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521036364 ISBN 13: 9780521036368

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Cyrenaics were a Hellenistic Greek philosophical school of the fourth century BC, related both to the Socratic tradition and to Greek skepticism. There are further links with modern philosophy as well. This book reconstructs the Cyrenaic theory of knowledge, explains how it depends on Cyrenaic hedonism, locates it in the context of ancient debates and discusses its connections with modern and contemporary views on knowledge.

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Review:

"Tsouna's study of the epistemology of the Cyrenaic school is certainly a valuable asset for the scholarship on Hellenistic philosophy and ses a standard of excellence of philological expertise and interpretation of ancient philosophy in the light of modern cognitive theory." Classical World

"Tsouna provides a welcome addition to the sparse bibliography on a philosophical school that claimed a Socratic pedigree and was also related to the Skeptics. Throughout she contrasts the hedonism and cognitive theory of the Cyrenaics with modern philosophic thought, a valuable contribution. Her work belongs in the collections of all universities and colleges that teach classics and philosophy." Religious Studies Review

"...scholarly...[Tsouna] provides a valuable discussion in which she compares the Cyrenaics with Epicureans, Protagoras, and the Socratic doctrines that supposedly inspired Aristippus." Ethics

"...astutely argued and clearly well-written..." Richard Bett, Ancient Philosophy

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521036364
• ISBN 13: 9780521036368
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204