Julia Annas (University of Arizona): Publications

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University of Arizona
Department of Philosophy

Distinguished Professor

Harvard University

Department of Philosophy

PhD, 1972

Areas of Specialization

Virtues and Vices

Areas of Interest

Virtues and Vices

History of Western Philosophy

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Misc

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Epicurus on Agency
In Jacques Brunschwig & Martha C. Nussbaum (eds.), Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind, Cambridge University Press. pp. 53-71. 1993.

Epicurus' answers to the problem of how we can be free agents in his atomic world do not seem at first to cohere. I examine all of them, including a notorious papyrus fragment.

Epicurus
Cicero’s De Finibus (edited book)
with Gábor Betegh

Cambridge University Press. 2016.

Cicero is increasingly recognised as a highly intelligent contributor to the ongoing ethical debates between Epicureans, Stoics and other schools. In this work on the fundamentals of ethics his learning as a scholar, his skill as a lawyer and his own passion for the truth result in a work which dazzles us in its presentation of the debates and at the same time exhibits the detachment of the ancient sceptic. Many kinds of reader will find themselves engaged with Cicero as well as with the ethical…Read more
Cicero is increasingly recognised as a highly intelligent contributor to the ongoing ethical debates between Epicureans, Stoics and other schools. In this work on the fundamentals of ethics his learning as a scholar, his skill as a lawyer and his own passion for the truth result in a work which dazzles us in its presentation of the debates and at the same time exhibits the detachment of the ancient sceptic. Many kinds of reader will find themselves engaged with Cicero as well as with the ethical theories he presents. This collection takes the reader further into the debates, opening up new avenues for exploring this fascinating work.

Stoics: Ethics Epicurus Cicero Epicureans: Ethics, Misc
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Plato the Sceptic
In James Klagge & Nicholas Smith (eds.), Methods of Interpreting Plato and his Dialogues, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Supplementary Volume, Oxford University Press. pp. 43-72. 1992.

Plato: Epistemology
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Intelligent Virtue
Oxford University Press. 2011.

Julia Annas offers a new account of virtue and happiness as central ethical ideas. She argues that exercising a virtue involves practical reasoning of the kind we find in someone exercising an everyday practical skill, such as farming, building, or playing the piano. This helps us to see virtue as part of an agent's happiness or flourishing.

Virtue Ethics and Practical Wisdom Virtue Ethics and Eudaimonia Virtue Ethics and Codifiability Varieti…Read more
Virtue Ethics and Practical Wisdom Virtue Ethics and Eudaimonia Virtue Ethics and Codifiability Varieties of Virtue Ethics Skills Intelligence, Misc
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Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
University of California Press. 1992.

"Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind" is an elegant survey of Stoic and Epicurean ideas about the soul an introduction to two ancient schools whose belief in the soul's physicality offer compelling parallels to modern approaches in the...

Lucretius Chrysippus Epicurus Stoics: Metaphysics and Physics Epicureans: Philosophy of Mind

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Julia Annas

Epicurus on Agency
In Jacques Brunschwig & Martha C. Nussbaum (eds.), Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind, Cambridge University Press. pp. 53-71. 1993.

Cicero’s De Finibus (edited book)
with Gábor Betegh

Cambridge University Press. 2016.

Plato the Sceptic
In James Klagge & Nicholas Smith (eds.), Methods of Interpreting Plato and his Dialogues, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Supplementary Volume, Oxford University Press. pp. 43-72. 1992.

Intelligent Virtue
Oxford University Press. 2011.

Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
University of California Press. 1992.

Julia Annas

Epicurus on Agency In Jacques Brunschwig & Martha C. Nussbaum (eds.), Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind, Cambridge University Press. pp. 53-71. 1993.

Cicero’s De Finibus (edited book) with Gábor Betegh Cambridge University Press. 2016.

Plato the Sceptic In James Klagge & Nicholas Smith (eds.), Methods of Interpreting Plato and his Dialogues, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Supplementary Volume, Oxford University Press. pp. 43-72. 1992.

Intelligent Virtue Oxford University Press. 2011.

Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind University of California Press. 1992.

Epicurus on Agency
In Jacques Brunschwig & Martha C. Nussbaum (eds.), Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind, Cambridge University Press. pp. 53-71. 1993.

Cicero’s De Finibus (edited book)
with Gábor Betegh

Cambridge University Press. 2016.

Plato the Sceptic
In James Klagge & Nicholas Smith (eds.), Methods of Interpreting Plato and his Dialogues, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Supplementary Volume, Oxford University Press. pp. 43-72. 1992.

Intelligent Virtue
Oxford University Press. 2011.

Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind
University of California Press. 1992.