Virtues for the People - Aspects of Plutarchan Ethics

Klappentext Plutarch of Chaeronea, Platonist, polymath, and prolific writer, was by no means an armchair philosopher. He believed in the necessity for a philosopher to affect the lives of his fellow citizens. That urge inspired many of his writings to meet what he considered people's true needs. Although these writings on practical ethics illustrate in various ways Plutarch's authorial talents and raise many challenging questions (regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying philosophical and social presuppositions), they have attracted only limited scholarly attention. 'Virtues for the People' contains a collection of essays that deal with these questions from different perspectives and as such throw a new light upon this multifaceted domain of Plutarch's thinking and writing. Special points of interest are the concept of ¿popular philosophy' itself and its implications, its dependence on a more theoretical philosophical background, and the importance of moral progress, the therapy of wickedness, and the common experiences of everyday life.

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• Authors: Patrick Brantlinger, Geert Roskam, Geert (EDT)/ Van Der Stockt Roskam, ROSKAM GEERT EDT VAN STOCKT
• Assisted by: Geert Roskam (Editor), Luc van der Stockt (Editor), Luc van van der Stockt (Editor), Luc Van Der Stockt (Editor)
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English, French
• Age Recommendation: from age 22
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2011
• EAN: 9789058678584
• ISBN: 978-90-5867-858-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Plutarchea Hypomnemata 4; PLUTARCHEA HYPO; Plutarchea Hypomnemata; Plutarchea Hypomnemata 4
• Subject: Education and learning