Books by Julia Annas
“Julia starts with Aristotle, because in some ways that’s the first systematic approach to ethics in this vein that we have, but also takes on those schools after Aristotle. So the Epicureans are one, the Stoics are in here as well. She also looks at some Sceptics. What Julia does really well is draw out the various important differences between these schools and how they go about things.” Read more...
The best books on The Epicureans
James Warren, Philosopher
Interviews where books by Julia Annas were recommended
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Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laertius (ed. James Miller, trans. Pamela Mensch) -
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On the Nature of the Universe
Lucretius (trans. Ronald Melville) -
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The Library of the Villa Dei Papiri at Herculaneum
by David Sider -
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Epicureanism
by Tim O'Keefe -
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The Morality of Happiness
by Julia Annas
The best books on The Epicureans, recommended by James Warren
The best books on The Epicureans, recommended by James Warren
For most of us, an Epicurean means someone devoted to pleasure and enjoying themselves. But the real Epicureans had a very different philosophy of how to live. Cambridge University professor James Warren talks us through the philosophy of Epicurus and explains how it’s still relevant today—particularly when it comes to facing death.
