The lives of greek philosophers: a joyful search for happiness

  • Pablo García Castillo
Keywords: Greek philosophy, Happiness, Humour, Contemplation, Harmony

Abstract

This paper, looking over the life and the texts of the greek philosophers and analyzing the Pythagorean harmony, the two stories of Thales, the outstanding personality of Xenophanes, the humorous sense of Democritus and the Socratic irony, shows that philosophy in the beginning was understood not like an abstract reflection, but like a joyful search of the excellence in the human life.

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Published
2006-01-01
How to Cite
García Castillo P. . (2006). The lives of greek philosophers: a joyful search for happiness. Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 23, 7-31. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ASHF/article/view/ASHF0606110007A
Issue
Vol. 23 (2006)
Section
Estudios

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