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Aesthetics
Ancient Greek Ethics
ancient moral philosophy
Aristotelian virtue ethics
Author_William J. Prior
Book Ill
Book VI
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classical ethical theory
Creon
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Follow
Good Life
Greek Thinkers
Hellenistic philosophical schools
Homeric Hero
Human Ergon
Letter toMenoeceus
LettertoMenoeceus
Literary Portraits
Moral Virtues
Moral Weakness
Murderous Hand
Philosophy
Platonic justice analysis
Platonic Philosopher King
Practical Wisdom
Principal Doctrines
Self-controlled Man
Socratic dialogues
Stoa Poikile
Stoic Sage
Substantive Moral Claim
Superhuman Virtue
Violates
virtue ethics in classical literature
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138697393
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 24 Jul 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Originally published in 1991, this book focuses on the concept of virtue, and in particular on the virtue of wisdom or knowledge, as it is found in the epic poems of Homer, some tragedies of Sophocles, selected writings of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers.
The key questions discussed are the nature of the virtues, their relation to each other, and the relation between the virtues and happiness or well-being. This book provides the background and interpretative framework to make classical works on Ethics, such as Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, accessible to readers with no training in the classics.
