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The Stoic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome were interested in the emotions. This book shows that they did not simply advocate a suppression of feeling, as stoicism implies in English, but examined these powerful psychological responses, seeking to understand what attitude toward them expresses the deepest respect for human potential.

Acknowledgmentsp. ixIntroduction: Emotion and Norms for Emotionp. 1A Science of the Mindp. 15The Psychic MaterialThe Central Directive FacultyThought, Belief, and ActionAffective EventsThe Pathetic Syllogismp. 35Emotions and Ascriptions of ValueAppropriateness Evaluations and Their ObjectsThe Stoic Ethical Stance Eupathic ResponsesClassification by Genus Classification by SpeciesSome Remaining QuestionsVigor and Responsibilityp. 61RollabilityOverriding Impulses Medea and OdysseusPlato and Platonists The Posidonian ObjectionsFreedomFeelings without Assentp. 85Beginnings and "Bitings" at AthensThe Senecan Account "A Requirement of the Human Condition"Alexandrian PropatheiaiA Stoic EssentialBrutishness and Insanityp. 109Orestes and the PhantastikonMelancholic Loss of Virtue Fluttery IgnoranceEmotions as CausesBrutishness Seneca's Three MovementsTraits of Characterp. 133Scalar Conditions of MindFondnesses and Aversions ProclivitiesHabitudes of the WiseThe Development of Characterp. 149Empiricism and CorruptionThe Twofold Cause Cicero's Hall of MirrorsThe Establishment of Traits Autonomy and LuckCity of Friends and Loversp. 173Concern for OthersProper Friendship and the Wise Community Friendship andSelf-SufficiencyOptimistic Love Ordinary AffectionsThe Tears of Alcibiadesp. 191Wisdom and RemorseStrategies for Consolation The Status of Premise 2Progressor-Pain and Moral Shame Apatheia RevisitedThe Status of Confidence in Stoic Classificationsp. 213List of Abbreviationsp. 222Notesp. 223Bibliographyp. 257Index Locorump. 269General Indexp. 279Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.