title: The polemical practice in ancient Epicureanism
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metadata.value: Shakhnovich, Marianna M.
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metadata.value: 2019-11-14T12:42:44Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-11-14T12:42:44Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-09
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metadata.value: Shakhnovich M. M. The polemical practice in ancient Epicureanism. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2019, vol. 35, issue 3, pp. 461–471.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2019.306
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16583
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article explores the presentation methods of a philosophical doctrine in Greek and Roman
  Epicureanism; it is shown that for the ancient, middle, and Roman Epicureans a controversy
  with representatives of other philosophical schools was a typical way of presenting
  their own views. The polemical practice, in which the basic principles of Epicureanism
  were expounded through the criticism of other philosophical systems, first of all, Academics
  and Stoics, was considered not only as the preferred way of presenting the own doctrine,
  but also as the most convenient rhetorical device, which had, among other things, didactic
  significance. The founder of the school, Epicurus, often included in his texts the terms
  used in other philosophical schools, giving them a different, often opposite, content. While
  presenting his teaching in the treatise “On Nature” or in letters to his followers, Epicurus
  pushed off the opinions of Democritus, Plato, and the Stoics, but resorted mainly to implicit
  criticism of his opponents, often without naming them by name. His closest students and
  later followers — Metrodorus, Hermarchus, Colotes, Philodemus, Lucretius, Diogenes of
  Oenoanda — continuing the controversy with the Academics and the Stoics, more frankly
  expressed their indignation about the “falsely understood Epicureanism” or erroneous
  opinions. In their writings, satirical techniques and angry denunciations were often used to
  criticize opponents. The focus of the article is on the controversy of Epicurus with Plato; the
  interpretation of the concept of “anticipation” in Epicurus and the Stoics, the polemic controversies
  and the use of the principle of “refraining from judgment”, drawn from the Stoics,
  to criticize Academics. In addition, the article analyzes the rhetorical tricks of Philodemus,
  who believed that frank speech is not only the best way to heal the soul, but also a method
  of philosophical controversy.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The article was written with the support of the RFBR grant No. 18-011-01123 “The Problem of Connecting
  Morality and Religion in Epicurean and Stoic Philosophy: A Comparative Analysis of the Controversial
  Discourse”.
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 35; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Epicurus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Epicureanism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Colotes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Philodemus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Roman Epicureanism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Stoicism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Academic Scepticism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: polemic method
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The polemical practice in ancient Epicureanism
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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