Death and Immortality in Ancient Philosophy

by A. G. Long

Death and immortality played a central role in Greek and Roman thought, from Homer and early Greek philosophy to Marcus Aurelius. In this book A. G. Long explains the significance of death and immortality in ancient ethics, particularly Plato's dialogues, Stoicism and Epicureanism; he also shows how philosophical cosmology and theology caused immortality to be re-imagined. Ancient arguments and theories are related both to the original literary and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107086590
• ISBN13: 9781107086593
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 9.2"