Desire, Motivation, and Normativity in Ancient Philosophy

AvManuel C. Ortiz de Landázuri,Daniel Doyle

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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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 philosophers, offering fresh insights and scholarly perspectives on this essential aspect of human experience. The contributions advance our understanding of how desire influences psychological and practical rationality in the principal philosophical systems of Greco-Roman antiquity. The chapters address motivational aspects of desire—such as the role of desire as a cause of action—as well as normative ones concerning the role desire plays in the constitution of practical identity.Desire, Motivation, and Normativity in Ancient Philosophy will appeal to researchers and graduate students working in ancient philosophy, action theory, and moral psychology.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-10
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:262
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041130925

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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, 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 afterwards has focused his research on the relationship of virtue and knowledge in Plato.

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Introduction Manuel C. Ortiz de Landázuri and Daniel Doyle 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.