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The Problem of Sources
In Sean D. Kirkland & Eric Sanday (eds.), A Companion to Ancient Philosophy. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. pp. 430–447 (2018)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: The Extent of the Problem Collections of Fragments The Reporter's Own Agenda Cicero and Epicurus: The Atomic Swerve Importing Distinctions: Dicaearchus on the Soul, Plutarch on the Octopus The Debate about Happiness Mistakes and Misrepresentations, Simple and Less Simple Conclusion Bibliography.
the problem of sources, of misrepresentation and misunderstanding philosophy the Hellenistic period, not untypical of all Greek philosophy before the Roman the Stoic and Epicurean traditions, eclipsed by Neoplatonism Hellenistic philosophy, and collections of fragments and testimonia collection of fragments, deciphering papyri from Herculaneum, and the re‐readings philosophical writings of Cicero, for the Hellenistic period, in dialogues Cicero and Epicurus, the atomic swerve, human action as free and yet not uncaused Dicaearchus on the Soul, and Plutarch on the Octopus Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, and the virtue for happiness Hellenistic philosophy and uncertainties, a fascination of its own
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