Resumen

AOIZ, Javier. Prolepsis y justicia en el epicureísmo. Argos [online]. 2013, vol.30, n.58, pp.15-42. ISSN 0254-1637.

The influential 19^th century philosophical historiography did not recognize in Epicureanism a political philosophy worthy of study. Based on an analysis of the Principal Doctrines and texts of Hermarchus, Polystratus and Lucretius, this paper aims to show that Epicureans developed a relevant political theory that connected two traditions: the Ionian naturalism and the Socratic reformulation of philosophy as the only true politics. In the establishment of justice through covenants and its continuity in the language through the prolepsis of what is just, they saw a finding that offered man the required security to satisfy his necessary natural desires and his survival. However, the subsequent emergence of fears and vain and insatiable desires, and the consequent unhappiness of man, made philosophy the field where happiness can be found, by virtue of the safety the city provides.

Palabras clave : Epicureanism; Naturalism; Justice; Security; Prolepsis.

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