A Commentary on Plutarch's De latenter vivendo: De latenter vivendo

Contents

Contents acknowledgements 7 abbreviations 8 Introduction 15 1. Epicurus and the Epicurean tradition 17 1.1. Λάθε βιώσας: a psychagogic remedy 17 1.2. A two-step cure: ἔλεγχος and νουθέτησις 19 1.2.1. ἔλεγχος 19 1.2.2. νουθέτησις 28 1.3. three further characteristics of Epicurus’ psychagogical approach 32 1.4. Qualifications and restrictions: φρόνησις at work 36 1.5. Conclusion 40 2. the anti-Epicurean tradition before Plutarch 43 2.1. timocrates 43 2.2. Cicero 49 2.3. the Stoa 69 2.3.1. Early Stoicism 69 2.3.2. Seneca 71 2.3.3. Epictetus 80 3. Plutarch’s De latenter vivendo 85 3.1. Introduction: the work and its author 85 3.2. Inconsistency between Epicurus’ words and deeds 90 6 G. Roskam 3.3. the ethical arguments 99 3.4. Epicurus’ egoistic hedonism versus Plutarch’s social commitment 118 3.5. Man as a social being 132 3.6. the ontological foundations: the connection between being and being known 138 3.7. An eschatological perspective 159 3.8. Conclusion 174 3.8.1. Plutarch as a polemicist: eristic strategies and anti-Epicurean polemic in De latenter vivendo 174 3.8.2. Plutarch’s own position as presented in De latenter vivendo 175 3.8.3. Plutarch’s philosophical position in De latenter vivendo: a schematic survey 179 3.9. Schematic structure of De latenter vivendo 180 Commentary 183 Bibliography 223 Indices 247 index nominum 249 index locorum 253 ...