Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The Topic
2 The Structure
PART I:
1 Philosophy and Biography
2 The Socratic Origins of the Art of Living
3 The Stoic Conception of the Art of Living
4 Sceptical Objections
PART II:
5 Philosophical Exercises
6 Exercises in the Handbook of Epictetus
7 Exercises in the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Conclusion
Additional Notes
Glossary of Greek Words and Phrases
Guide to Ancient Philosophers and Authors
Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index

Promotional Information

This book considers how we should understand and practise philosophy through a detailed account of ancient Stoic ideas about the nature and function of philosophy.

About the Author

John Sellars is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of the West of England, in Bristol, and a member of Wolfson College, Oxford, UK.

Reviews

Lucid and well-documented ... a useful contribution to the expanding body of new work on Hellenistic-Roman – especially Stoic – practical ethics.
*Phronesis*

Sheds new light on the way philosophy was conceived ... rekindles the crucial question of how we should understand and practise philosophy.
*Rhizai*