Antiquity Revisited: A Discussion with Anthony Arthur Long

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Published: Sep 19, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/cjp.23324
Keywords:
antiquity Stoic ethics Homer Plato Aristotle soul polis philosophical psychology freedom
Anthony Arthur Long
University of California, Berkeley
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7447-7237
Despina Vertzagia
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7894-8657
Abstract
A discussion on antiquity with Anthony A. Long, one of the most distinguished scholars in the field of ancient philosophy, would be engaging in any case. All the more so, since his two recently published works, Greek Models of Mind and Self (2015) and How to be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life (2018), provide the opportunity to revisit key issues of ancient philosophy. The former is a lively and challenging work that starts with the Homeric notions of selfhood, and leads the reader all the way through classical and Hellenistic philosophical psychology; the latter is a profound analysis of the Stoic ethics that focuses in particular on its foundation and principles, followed by Long’s re-worked translation of Epictetus’ Encheiridion and carefully selected parts of his Discourses. Anthony Long kindly accepted the invitation to discuss several issues that are in the core of scholarly concern, sharing interpretations and thoughts that originate from his long acquaintance with the ancient literary tradition.
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Author Biography
Anthony Arthur Long, University of California, Berkeley

Professor of Classics, University of California, Berkeley

Fellow of the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Professor Emeritus, University of Crete

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