This book contains a collection of 13 essays from leading scholars on the relationship between passionate emotions and moral advancement in Greek and Roman thought. Recognising that emotions played a key role in whether individuals lived happily, ancient philosophers extensively discussed the nature of "the passions", showing how those who managed their emotions properly would lead better, more moral lives. The contributions are preceded by an introdution to the subject by John Fitzgerald. Writers discussed include the Cynics, the Neopythagorians, Aristotle and Ovid; the discussion encompasses philosophy, literature and religion.
Author(s): John T. Fitzgerald
Edition: 1
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 416
BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 12
1 THE PASSIONS AND MORAL PROGRESS: AN INTRODUCTION......Page 26
Part I PHILOSOPHY......Page 52
2 ARISTOTLE AND THEOPHRASTUS ON THE EMOTIONS......Page 54
3 THE PROBLEM OF THE PASSIONS IN CYNICISM......Page 73
4 THE PASSIONS IN NEOPYTHAGOREAN WRITINGS......Page 92
5 ‘‘BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT’’: PHILODEMUS VERSUS THE STOICS ON NATURAL BITES AND NATURAL EMOTIONS*......Page 104
6 PAQH AND APAQEIA IN EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE STOICS......Page 147
7 PLUTARCH ON MORAL PROGRESS......Page 161
Part II PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE......Page 176
8 PASSION AND PROGRESS IN OVID’S METAMORPHOSES......Page 178
9 THE PASSIONS IN GALEN AND THE NOVELS OF CHARITON AND XENOPHON......Page 200
Part III PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION......Page 224
10 PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA ON THE RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL EMOTIONS......Page 226
11 PASSIONS IN THE PAULINE EPISTLES: THE CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH......Page 246
12 THE LOGIC OF ACTION IN PAUL: HOW DOES HE DIFFER FROM THE MORAL PHILOSOPHERS ON SPIRITUAL AND MORAL PROGRESSION AND REGRESSION?......Page 263
13 MORAL PROGRESS AND DIVINE POWER IN SENECA AND PAUL......Page 292
14 MORAL PATHOLOGY: PASSIONS, PROGRESS, AND PROTREPTIC IN CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA......Page 309
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 347
INDEX OF ANCIENT AUTHORS AND TEXTS......Page 381
INDEX OF MORDERN SCHOLARS......Page 411
