| Description |
1 online resource (x, 277 pages) |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-258) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Plato -- Influence
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Aristotle -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Aristotle fast |
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Plato fast |
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Virtue.
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Ethics, Ancient.
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Ethics, Modern -- 20th century.
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Conduct of life.
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Virtues.
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Ethics, Modern.
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ethics (philosophical concept)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Virtues
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Conduct of life
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Ethics, Ancient
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Ethics, Modern
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Virtue
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reis, Burkhard.
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Haffmans, Stella.
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| ISBN |
9780511226328 |
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0511226322 |
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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 |
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9780511225758 |
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9780511482595 |
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0511482590 |
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9780521859370 |
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0521859379 |
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1280567635 |
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9781280567636 |
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1107167337 |
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9781107167339 |
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0511317859 |
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9780511317859 |
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