The Routledge handbook of the Stoic tradition

664 Pages·2016·4 MB·English

THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK
OF THE STOIC
TRADITION
The ancient philosophy of Stoicism has been a crucial and formative influence
on the development of Western thought since its inception through to the present
day. It is not only an important area of study in philosophy and classics, but also
in theology and literature.
The Routledge Handbook of the Stoic Tradition is the first volume of its kind,
and an out-standing guide and reference source to the nature and continuing
significance of Stoicism. Comprising twenty-six chapters by a team of
international contributors and organized chronologically, the Handbook is
divided into four parts:
• Antiquity and the Middle Ages, including Stoicism in Rome; Stoicism in
early Christianity; the Platonic response to Stoicism; and Stoic influences in
the late Middle Ages
• Renaissance and Reformation, addressing the impact of Stoicism on the
Italian Renaissance, Reformation thought, and early modern English
literature including Shakespeare
• Early modern Europe, including Stoicism and early modern French thought;
the Stoic influence on Spinoza and Leibniz; Stoicism and the French and
Scottish Enlightenments; and Kant and Stoic ethics
• The modern world, including Stoicism in nineteenth-century German
philosophy; Stoicism in Victorian culture; Stoicism in America; Stoic themes
in contemporary Anglo-American ethics; and the Stoic influence on modern
psychotherapy.
An invaluable resource for anyone interested in the philosophical history and
impact of Stoic thought, The Routledge Handbook of the Stoic Tradition is
essential reading for all students and researchers working on the subject.
John Sellars is a Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, King’s
College London, UK, where he also works on the Ancient Commentators on
Aristotle project. He is a member of Wolfson College, Oxford, and the author of
The Art of Living: The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy (2009),
and Stoicism (2006).
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