| Description |
1 online resource (x, 310 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. The Nicomachean Ethics in Hellenistic philosophy: a hidden treasure? -- 2. The transformation of Aristotle's eithics in Roman philosophy -- 3. Aristotelian ethics in Plotinus -- 4. St. Augustine's appropriation and transformation of Aristotelian eudaimonia -- 5. The Arabic and Islamic reception of the Nicomachean Ethics -- 6. The Arabic and Islamic reception of the Nicomachean Ethics -- 7. The relation of prudence and synderesis to happiness in the medieval commentaries on Aristotle's ethics -- 8. Using Seneca to read Aristotle: the curious methods of Buridan's Ethics -- 9. Aristotle's Ethics in the Renaissance -- 10. The end of ends? -- 11. Affective conflict and virtue -- 12. Kant and Aristotle on ethics -- 13. The fall and rise of Aristotelian ethics in Anglo-American moral philosophy: nineteeth and twentieth centures. |
| Summary |
A new collection of thirteen essays, covering the reception of Aristotle's ethics from the ancient world to the twentieth century. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics.
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Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle) |
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Ethics, Ancient.
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Ethics, Ancient. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Jon, 1969- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Jon. Reception of Aristotle's Ethics. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9780521513883 |
| ISBN |
9781139844406 (electronic book) |
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1139844407 (electronic book) |
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9781139842044 |
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1139842048 |
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9781139839662 (electronic book) |
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1139839667 (electronic book) |
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9780511979873 (electronic book) |
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0511979878 (electronic book) |
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128389937X |
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9781283899376 |
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9780521513883 |
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052151388X |
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