The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these Hellenistic schools have been unjustly neglected in recent philosophic accounts of what the classical "tradition" has to offer. By examining texts of philosophers such as Epicurus, Lucretius, and Seneca, she recovers a valuable source for current moral and political thought and encourages us to reconsider philosophical argument as a technique through which to improve lives. Written for general readers and specialists, The Therapy of Desire addresses compelling issues ranging from the psychology of human passion through rhetoric to the role of philosophy in public and private life.

• We started tracking this book on August 2, 2013.
• This book was £17.87 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 192 times in the past 4,606 days.
• The current price of this book is £14.30 last checked 4 hours ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past year.
• The lowest price to date was £9.86 last reached on April 7, 2021.
• This book has been £9.86 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £32.87 last reached on December 31, 2017.
• This book has been £32.87 2 times since we started tracking it.

• Politics & Social SciencesPhilosophyGreek & Roman
• Politics & Social SciencesPhilosophyEthics & Morality
• Politics & Social SciencesPhilosophyHistory & Schools of Thought

• Publication Date: June 6, 2013
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 580 Pages
• File Size: 20 KB