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Catherine Wilson

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Philosophy, History, Science

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Current Academic Position:
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Andrew Heiskell Research Scholar

Education:
Ph.D. Princeton University
B.Phil. University of Oxford
B.A. Yale University

Research Interests:
17th and 18th Century History and Philosophy of Science
Moral and Social Theory
Philosophy of Literature

Courses Recently Taught:
Biology and Morality (Spring 2008)
Empiricism: Bacon to Hume (Fall 2007)
Egalitarianism: For & Against (Spring 2007)
Rationalists (Fall 2006)
Evolution and Ethics (Spring 2006)
Materialism, Politics and Morals in 17th Century Philosophy (Fall 2005)

Representative Publications:
Moral Animals: Ideals and Constraints in Moral Theory. Ox ...more

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Catherine Wilson’s books

Average rating: 3.49 · 851 ratings · 136 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well 3.43 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction 3.68 avg rating — 179 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epicureanism at the Origins of Modernity 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Descartes's Meditations: An Introduction 2.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moral Animals: Ideals and Constraints in Moral Theory 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible World: Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscope 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Civilization and Oppression (Volume 25) (Canadian Journal of Philosophy) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“It is impossible to live pleasantly without living prudently, honourably and justly, and impossible to live prudently, honourably and justly without living pleasantly. ~ Epicurus”
― Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well

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“Although there are alternative perceptions, there are no alternative facts.”
― Catherine Wilson, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well

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“El epicúreo cree que siempre hubo algo. Nunca hubo un tiempo en que nada existiera. Este algo no era, ahora lo sabemos, materia, sino el precursor de la materia. Hoy en día nos hablan de fluctuaciones de partículas virtuales, apareciendo y desapareciendo en el vacío cuántico, que dieron lugar al espacio, el tiempo y la materia. Sucesos explosivos tachonaron el espacio con estrellas en las que nacieron los elementos de la tabla periódica, y el mundo que hoy experimentamos nació de un estado desorganizado de la materia en movimiento que adquirió una configuración estable hace, quizá, unos 14.000 millones de años. Nuestra Tierra era una masa de magma expulsada del sol cuyas características geológicas (sus continentes, océanos y montañas) se formaron mediante violentos procesos físicos mientras se enfriaba.”
― Catherine Wilson, Cómo ser un epicúreo: Una filosofía para la vida moderna (Ariel)

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