Philosophic Pride

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-691-15208-0
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 569 g

Philosophic Pride is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought. Spanning the period from Justus Lipsius's Politics in 1589 to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile in 1762, and concentrating on arguments originating from England, France, and the Netherlands, the book considers how political writers of the period engaged with the ideas of the Roman and Greek Stoics that they found in works by Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. Christopher Brooke examines key texts in their historical context, paying special attention to the history of classical scholarship and the historiography of philosophy. Brooke delves into the persisting tension between Stoicism and the tradition of Augustinian anti-Stoic criticism, which held Stoicism to be a philosophy for the proud who denied their fallen condition. Concentrating on arguments in moral psychology surrounding the foundations of human sociability and self-love, Philosophic Pride details how the engagement with Roman Stoicism shaped early modern political philosophy and offers significant new interpretations of Lipsius and Rousseau together with fresh perspectives on the political thought of Hugo Grotius and Thomas Hobbes. Philosophic Pride shows how the legacy of the Stoics played a vital role in European intellectual life in the early modern era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brooke, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Prologue

Augustine of Hippo 1
Chapter One

Justus Lipsius and the Post-Machiavellian Prince 12
Chapter Two

Grotius, Stoicism, and Oikeiosis 37
Chapter Three

From Lipsius to Hobbes 59
Chapter Four

The French Augustinians 76
Chapter Five

From Hobbes to Shaftesbury 101
Chapter Six

How the Stoics Became Atheists 127
Chapter Seven

From F?nelon to Hume 149
Chapter Eight

Jean-Jacques Rousseau 181
Epilogue 203

Notes 209

Bibliography 253

Index 273

Über Autor(innen)

Brooke, Christopher
Christopher Brooke is lecturer in political theory and the history of political thought in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, where he is a fellow of King's College.