
This book contains a collection of 13 essays from leading scholars on the relationship between passionate emotions and moral advancement in Greek and Roman thought. Recognising that emotions played a key role in whether individuals lived happily, ancient philosophers...

This book presents a collection of 13 articles on the topic of "the passions" and their connection with moral advancement in ancient Greece and Rome. Writers discussed include the Cynics, the Neopythagorians, Aristotle and Ovid.