The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonists

The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonists
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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Download or read book The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonists written by James Warren and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did ancient philosophers understand the relationship between human capacities for thinking and our experiences of pleasure and pain?


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