An examination of ancient Greek philosophical conceptions of pleasure, which is the first book to compare them to contemporary conceptions.

Ancient philosophers were very interested in questions about laughter, humor and comedy. They theorized about laughter and its causes, moralized about the appro

Hampton illumines the overall structure of the Philebus. Taking the interrelations of pleasure, knowledge, and being as the keys to understanding the unity of t

How should I live? How can I be happy? What is happiness, really? These are perennial questions, which in recent times have become the object of diverse kinds o

This Companion presents both an introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school of Epicureanism and also a critical account of the major areas o