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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2019
      June 2019
      ISBN:
      9781316091562
      9781107086593
      9781107451568
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316091562
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.47kg, 240 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.36kg, 242 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Philosophy: General Interest, Ancient Philosophy, Religion, Theology
      Series:
      Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Philosophy: General Interest, Ancient Philosophy, Religion, Theology
    Series:
    Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy
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    Death and immortality played a central role in Greek and Roman thought, from Homer and early Greek philosophy to Marcus Aurelius. In this book A. G. Long explains the significance of death and immortality in ancient ethics, particularly Plato's dialogues, Stoicism and Epicureanism; he also shows how philosophical cosmology and theology caused immortality to be re-imagined. Ancient arguments and theories are related both to the original literary and theological contexts and to contemporary debates on the philosophy of death. The book will be of major interest to scholars and students working on Greek and Roman philosophy, and to those wishing to explore ancient precursors of contemporary debates about death and its outcomes.

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