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Desire, Motivation, and Normativity in Ancient Philosophy book cover

1st Edition

Desire, Motivation, and Normativity in Ancient Philosophy

Edited By Daniel Doyle Sánchez, Manuel C. Ortiz de Landázuri Copyright 2027
226 Pages
by Routledge

This volume explores ancient conceptions of desire and the role it plays in human action. It focuses specifically on models of moral psychology and practical rationality developed by Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics. What is desire and what role should it play in human life? This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and issues related to desire as presented by ancient... Read more

List of Contributors

Introduction: Desire, Agency, and the Final Good in Ancient Philosophy Manuel C. Ortiz de Landázuri  

1. Plato’s Metaphysical Principle of Opposites Katja Maria Vogt

2. Reason, Desire, and Human Agency in Plato’s Republic: A Critical Engagement with Korsgaard’s Constitutional Model Miquel Solans and Jonathan Lavilla 

3. The Sun, the Good, and the Value of Knowledge David Ebrey  

4. ‘As Wolves Love Lambs’: Lysias’ Speech and the Forms of Friendship in Plato’s Phaedrus Dimitri El Murr 

5. From Normative Love to Mythic Desire: Aristophanes’ Restoration of Eros in Plato’s Symposium María Arévalo

6 . Eros: The Shame of Love and the Instant of Desire Iván de los Ríos 

7. The Arts and the Politics of Desire in Plato Mikel Martínez Ciriero 

8. Aristotle on the Appropriateness of the Desire for Revenge Marta Jiménez 

9. Normativity and Ethical Foundations in Aristotle: On the Ergon Argument Alberto Ross 

10. The Argument for a Final End in Nicomachean Ethics 1. 1–2: A Case for a Normative Reading Gabriela Rossi 

11. Elective Affinities: Prohairesis at the Heart of Perfect Friendship Miguel Martí Sánchez 

12. Norms and Nature in Stoicism Tamer Nawar 

13. From Impulse to Action: Unravelling the Stoic Pathway of Desire and Motivation Daniel Doyle Sánchez

Index

Biography

Daniel Doyle Sánchez is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Navarra. His research focuses on Stoicism, natural law, practical reason, and normativity. He is the author of La doctrina estoica de la oikeiosis (Olms) and has published chapters with Olms, Routledge and Dykinson, as well as articles in journals including Méthexis, Pensamiento, and Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval.

Manuel C. Ortiz de Landázuri is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Navarra and gives courses of Ethics and Philosophy of the Natural World. He wrote his PhD on the concept of pleasure in Aristotle (2012) and afterward has focused his research on the relationship of virtue and knowledge in Plato.

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