Pleasure : a history

Pleasure : a history / edited by Lisa Shapiro.

Like other books in the Oxford Philosophical Concepts series, Pleasure traces the development of the concept from ancient times through the 20th century. The volume touches on ancient philosophy, including Plato, Aristotle, and Islamic philosophy, through to the early modern era and the development...

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Other Authors: Shapiro, Lisa (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Series:Oxford philosophical concepts.
Subjects:
Pleasure.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Pleasure
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Series; Pleasure; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; List of Abbreviations; Contributors; Plates; 1 Introduction; 2 Two Platonic Criticisms of Pleasure; 3 Aristotle on the Heterogeneity of Pleasure; 4 This So Sullied Flesh? Islamic Approaches to Human Pleasures; Reflection: Engraving Pleasure in Philosophy Teaching Aids; 5 Pleasure in Later Medieval Latin Philosophy: The Case of Thomas Aquinas; 6 Malebranche on Pleasure and Awareness in Sensory Perception; 7 Pleasures, Pains, and Sensible Qualities in Berkeley's Philosophy.
  • 8 Rationally Agential Pleasure? A Kantian ProposalReflection: Musical Pleasure, Difficult Music; 9 John Stuart Mill: "Pleasure" in the Laws of Psychology and the Principle of Morals; Reflection: Pleasure Experience in Schizophrenia; 10 A Contemporary Account of Sensory Pleasure; Bibliography; Index.

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