‘Proairesis’, ‘Proairetic’ and ‘Aproairetic’: Synopsis of All the Passages Containing these Terms in the ‘Discourses’ and the ‘Manual’ of Epictetus

Franco Scalenghe

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‘Proairesis’, ‘Proairetic’ and ‘Aproairetic’: Synopsis of All the Passages Containing these Terms in the ‘Discourses’ and the ‘Manual’ of Epictetus

Franco Scalenghe

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In the last decades, the concepts of προαίρεσις (proairesis), προαιρετικὸν (proairetic) and ἀπροαίρετον (aproairetic) in the Stoic philosophy of Epictetus have aroused the interest, among others, of researchers like C. Cassanmagnago [1]; R. Dobbin [2-3], J. B. Gourinat [4], R. Kamtekar [5], R. Sorabji [6-7], R. S. Braicovich [8], K. Seddon [9] and A. A. Long [10]. The scope of this paper is to present a complete and as far as possible unequivocal picture of the subject. To this end I have produced a new translation and made a careful analysis of all the occurrences of the three terms in the works of Epictetus. The results I have reached show that the three concepts are perfectly clear in their meaning, without the need of translating them and with a simple transliteration from ancient Greek, as modern languages do not have an exact equivalent of such words.

DOI	10.11648/j.ijp.20150303.11
Published in	International Journal of Philosophy (Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2015)
Page(s)	24-33
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Epictetus, Proairesis, Proairetic, Aproairetic, Nature of Things, Diairesis, Counterdiairesis

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[1]	C. Cassanmagnago. “Il problema della prohairesis in Epitteto”. Rivista di filosofia Neoscolastica, 1977, LXIX, pp. 232-246.
[2]	R. Dobbin. “Προαίρεσις in Epictetus”. Ancient Philosophy.1991, 11, pp. 1-36.
[3]	R. Dobbin. (Ed.) Epictetus. Discourses Book I. Oxford: Oxford University Press,2008.
[4]	J. B. Gourinat. “La proairesis chez Epictète: decision, volonté, ou personne morale?” Philosophie Antique. 2005, 5, pp. 93-133.
[5]	R. Kamtekar.“ΑΙΔΩΣ in Epictetus”. Classical Philology. 1998, 43 (2), pp. 136-160.
[6]	R. Sorabji, “Epictetus on proairesis and Self”. In Mason A. & Scaltsas (Eds.), The philosophy of Epictetus. Oxford: Oxford University Press.2007, pp. 87-98.
[7]	R. Sorabji. “Graeco-Roman varieties of Self”. In P. Remes and J. Sihvola (Eds.) Ancient philosophy of the Self. Springer, New York.2008,pp. 13-34.
[8]	R. S. Braicovich. “On some rhetorical-pedagogical strategies in Epictetus Discourses concerning proairesis”. Eidos. 2013, 19, pp. 39-56
[9]	K. Seddon. Epictetus’ Handbook and the table of Cebes. Guides to Stoic living. New York Routledge. 2005.
[10]	A. A. Long. Epictetus. A Stoic and Socratic guide to life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2002
[11]	W. A. Oldfather. (Ed.) Epictetus. The Discourses as reported by Arrian. The Manual and the Fragments. London Heinemann.1961.

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