Barlaam of Seminara on Stoic Ethics

Charles R. Hogg Jr. (Herausgegeben von) Born 1956; Senior Affiliate Professor, Grand Valley State University, Allendale (MI).John Sellars (Herausgegeben von) Born 1971; Reader in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London.

• Introduction1. Barlaam of SeminaraSouthern ItalyConstantinopleDebates with DominicansThe Hesychast ControversyDiplomacy and ExpulsionNaples and AvignonGerace2. The Ethica secundum StoicosThe Text of ESSAuthorshipSourcesThe Plan of the WorkI. Text and TranslationNote on the TextTable of Chapter HeadingsTextTranslationII. Interpretative EssaysCharles R. Hogg Jr.: The Role of Bodily and External Goods for Happiness in Book 11. Introduction2. Aristotle on External Goods and Happiness3. Aristotle on Virtue, Emotions, and External Goods4. Aristotle: Some Critical Comments5. Barlaam on External Goods and Happiness6. The Stoic Definition is Demonstrated (ESS 1.2-14)7. The Peripatetic Definition is Refuted (ESS 1.15-25)8. The Place of Advantages in the Happy Life (ESS 1.26-29)9. Conclusion: Some Critical ThoughtsJohn Sellars: The Stoic Theory of Emotions in Book 21. The Stoic Soul (ESS 2.1)2. Three Mental Traits (ESS 2.2)3. Varieties of Will (ESS 2.3-4)4. An Eightfold Division of Mental States (ESS 2.5-9)5. The Standard Stoic Account of Emotions (ESS 2.10-11)6. Two Fourfold Accounts Combined (ESS 2.11)7. Constantia and εὐπάθειαι (ESS 2.12)8. The Full Account (ESS 2.13)9. Comments on Theophrastus (ESS 2.13-14)10. Overcoming Emotional Disturbances (ESS 2.15-16)John Sellars: The Reception of Stoic Ethics in the Middle Ages1. Stoic Ethics in Late Antiquity2. Stoicism in Byzantium3. The Latin Middle Ages4. The Twelfth Century: Peter Abelard and William of Conches5. The Thirteenth Century: Roger Bacon and Thomas Aquinas6. The Fourteenth Century: Jean Buridan7. Petrarch and Stoic Ethics