Psychology and Value in Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic Philosophy: The Ninth Keeling Colloquium in Ancient PhilosophyFiona Leigh, Margaret Hampson Ancient Greek thought saw the birth, in Western philosophy, of the study now known as moral psychology. In its broadest sense, moral psychology encompasses the study of those aspects of human psychology relevant to our moral lives--desire, emotion, ethical knowledge, practical moral reasoning, and moral imagination--and their role in apprehending or responding to sources of value. This volume draws together contributions from leading international scholars in ancient philosophy, exploring central issues in the moral psychology of Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic schools. Through a series of chapters and responses, these contributions challenge and develop interpretations of ancient views on topics from Socratic intellectualism to the nature of appetitive desires and their relation to goodness, from the role of pleasure and pain in virtue, to our capacities for memory, anticipation and choice and their role in practical action, to the question of the sufficiency or otherwise of the virtues for a flourishing human life. |
Contents
1 Psychology and Value in Ancient Greek Philosophy | 1 |
2 Intellectualism and the Method of Hypothesis in Platos Early Dialogues | 21 |
3 Comments on Rachel Barney Intellectualism and the Method of Hypothesis in Platos Early Dialogues | 54 |
Appetites in Republic IV | 67 |
5 The Blind Desires of Republic IV | 82 |
Appetites in Republic IV | 97 |
Comments on Jessica Moss Against Bare Urges and GoodIndependent Desires Appetites in Republic IV | 105 |
8 Courage and Pleasure in Aristotles Ethics | 114 |
9 Comments on Raphael Woolf Courage and Pleasure in Aristotles Ethics | 134 |
10 Memory Anticipation Pleasure | 141 |
Comments on James Warrens Memory Anticipation Pleasure | 170 |
12 Three Mistakes about Stoic Ethics | 183 |
13 Comments on Daniel C Russell Three Mistakes about Stoic Ethics | 203 |
Index of Passages Cited | 209 |
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