The Epicurus Reader

Download or read book The Epicurus Reader written by Epicurus and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1994-03-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction The ancient biography of Epicurus The extant letters Ancient collections of maxims Doxographical reports The testimony of Cicero The testimony of Lucretius The polemic of Plutarch Short fragments and testimonia from known works: * From On Nature * From the Puzzles * From On the Goal * From the Symposium * From Against Theophrastus * Fragments of Epicurus' letters Short fragments and testimonia from uncertain works: * Logic and epistemology * Physics and theology * Ethics Index