Passions and Moral Progress in Greco-Roman Thought [Hardcover]

An Introduction  Part 1: Philosophy Aristotle and Theophrastus on the Emotions, William W Fortenbaugh.  The Problem of the Passions in Cynicism, David E Aune.  The Passions in Neopythagorean Writings, Johan C Thom.  'Be Angry and Sin Not: Philodemus versus the Stoics on Natural Bites and Natural Emotions, David Armstrong.  Early Roman Empire Stoics, Edgar M Krentz.  Plutarch on Moral Progress, Richard A Wright.  Part 2: Philosophy and Literature  Passion and Progress in Ovid's Metamorphoses, S Georgia Nugent.  The Lassions in Galen and the Novels of Chariton and Xenophon, Loveday C A Alexander.  Part 3: Philosophy and Religion  Philo of Alexandria on the Rational and Irrational Emotions, David Winston.  Passions in the Pauline Epistles: The Current State of Research, David Charles Aune.  The Logic of Action in Paul: How Does He Differ from the Moral Philosophers on Spiritual and Moral Progression and Regression?, Troels Engberg-Pedersen.  Moral Progress and Divine Power in Seneca and Paul, James Ware.  Moral Pathology: Passions, Progress and Protreptic in Clement of Alexandria, L Michael White.  Bibliography.  Index .

This book contains a collection of 13 essays from leading scholars on the relationship between passionate emotions and moral advancement in Greek and Roman thought. 

Recognising that emotions played a key role in whether individuals lived happily, ancient philosophers extensively discussed the nature of the passions , showing how those who managed their emotions properly would lead better, more moral lives. 

The contributions are preceded by an introdutls¾