Philosophy and the Good Life

by John Cottingham

Book Overview

Can philosophy enable us to lead better lives through a systematic understanding of our human nature? John Cottingham's thought-provoking 1998 study examines the contrasting approaches to this problem found in three major phases of Western philosophy. Starting with the attempts of Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics and Epicureans to cope with the recalcitrant forces of the passions, he moves on to examine the fascinating and hitherto little-studied moral...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521473101
• ISBN13: 9780521473101
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"