Antiochus and Peripatetic Ethics

This Book Offers A Fresh Analysis Of The Account Of Peripatetic Ethics In Cicero''S On Ends 5 Which Goes Back To The First-Century Bce Philosopher Antiochus Of Ascalon. Georgia Tsouni Challenges Previous Characterisations Of Antiochus'' Philosophical Project As ''Eclectic'' And Shows How His Reconstruction Of The Ethics Of The ''Old Academy'' Demonstrates A Careful Attempt To Update The Ancient Heritage And Predominantly The Views Of Aristotle And The Peripatos In The Light Of Contemporary Stoic-Led Debates. This Results In Both A Hermeneutically Complex And A Philosophically Exciting Reading Of The Old Tradition. A Case In Point Is The Way Antiochus Grounds The ''Old Academic'' Conception Of The Happy Life In Natural Appropriation (Oikeiosis) Thus Offering A Naturalistic Version Of Aristotelian Ethics.