Knowledge and virtue in early Stoicism

This book is about the epistemological views and arguments of the early Stoics. It discusses such questions as: How is knowledge possible, and what is it? How do we perceive things and acquire notions of them? Should we rely on arguments? How do we come to make so many mistakes? The author tries to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Løkke, Håvard (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind ; 10
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. From Zeno to Chrysippus
  • 2. Nurtured by Nature
  • 3. Our thoughts and their objects
  • 4. Knowledge and mistakes
  • 5. Our progress towards virtue
  • 6. From Carneades to Cicero
  • Bibliography.