| Description |
1 online resource (x, 277 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-258) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Dialectic and virtue in Plato's Protagoras / James Allen -- Ethics and argument in Plato's Socrates / Julia Annas -- The speech of Agathon in Plato's Symposium / David Sedley -- Is dialectic as dialectic does? The virtue of philosophical conversation / Mary Margaret McCabe -- What use is Aristotle's doctrine of the mean? / Christof Rapp -- Aristotle's ethics as political science / Gisela Striker -- Epieikeia: the competence of the perfectly just person in Aristotle / Christoph Horn -- Aristotle on the benefits of virtue (Niomachean ethics 10.7 and 9.8) / Jan Szaif -- Epicurean 'passions' and the good life / David Konstan -- Moral responsibility and moral development in Epicurus' philosophy / Susanne Bobzien -- 'Who do we think we are?' / Brad Inwood. |
| Summary |
Eleven chapters by distinguished scholars which showcase current research in Greek ethics. Special emphasis is given to Plato and Aristotle and to some notorious problems of interpretation, but Epicurus and the Presocratic Empedocles are also treated in a way that sheds new light on the ethical side of their philosophies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plato -- Influence.
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Plato. |
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Aristotle -- Influence.
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Aristotle. |
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Virtue.
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Virtue. |
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Ethics, Ancient.
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Ethics, Ancient. |
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Ethics, Modern -- 20th century.
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Ethics, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Conduct of life.
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Conduct of life. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Reis, Burkhard.
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Haffmans, Stella.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Virtuous life in Greek ethics. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521859379 9780521859370 (DLC) 2006283690 (OCoLC)65468247 |
| ISBN |
9780511226328 (electronic book) |
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0511226322 (electronic book) |
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051122446X |
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9780511224461 |
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051122513X |
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9780511225130 |
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051122575X (electronic book) |
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9780511225758 (electronic book) |
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9780511482595 (ebook) |
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0511482590 (ebook) |
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9780521859370 (hardback) |
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0521859379 (hardback) |
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1280567635 |
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9781280567636 |
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0521859379 (Cloth) |
| Standard No. |
9780521859370 |
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