Ancient Views on the Quality of Life

• Main Author: Michalos, Alex C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Philosophy.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Positive psychology.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Positive Psychology.; History of Philosophy.

This monograph describes the contributions to our current understanding of quality of life made by the most important ancient philosophers in the Western Tradition. It does so from the point of view of a contemporary researcher in quality of life or human well-being. Revisiting ancient texts from ab...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Homer (eighth century BCE)
• Hesiod of Ascra (late eighth/early seventh century BCE)
• Pythagoras of Samos (c.570 – c.490 BCE)
• Heraclitus of Ephesus (c.540 – c.480 BCE)
• Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c.500 – c.428 BCE)
• Empedocles of Acragas (c.492 – c.432 BCE)
• Protagoras of Abdera (c.490 – c.420 BCE)
• Antiphon of Rhamnous (c.480 – 411 BCE)
• Democritus of Abdera (c.460 – c.370 BCE)
• Hippocrates of Cos (c.450 – c.380 BCE)
• Antisthenes of Athens (c.446 – c.366 BCE)
• Aristippus of Cyrene (“the Elder”, c.436 – 356 BCE)
• Plato of Athens (427 – 347 BCE)
• Anonymous Iamblichi (c.400 BCE)
• Diogenes of Sinope (c.400 – c.323 BCE)
• Aristotle of Stageira (384 – 322 BCE)
• Epicurus of Samos (c.341 – 271 BCE)
• Zeno of Citium (c.333 – 261 BCE)
• Summary.