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Author Jedan, Christoph

Title Stoic Virtues : Chrysippus and the Religious Character of Stoic Ethics
Published London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages)
Series Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy
Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.
Contents Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One: A Religious World-View; 1 Stoic Corporealism; 2 Stoic Theology; 3 Two Pictures of Fate; Part Two: Virtue and the Virtues; 4 Definitions of Virtue; Chrysippus' Characterization of Virtue as 'Perfect State'; Virtue as 'Consistent Character'; 5 The Virtues as Epistemai; 6 The Virtues-Different yet Inseparable; The Difference between the Virtues; The Inseparability of the Virtues; 7 A Catalogue of Virtues; Ethical virtues; Additional (Generic) Virtues; The Openness of Chrysippus' Catalogue of Virtues; Part Three: Becoming Virtuous
8 Vice and the Attainability of Virtue9 Initiation; 10 Virtue and Happiness; Part Four: Practices of Virtue; 11 Law and Rules; Law; Rules and Kathekonta; Stoic Practical Reasoning; 12 The Single Kathekon and the Versatility of Stoic Prescriptions; Epilogue; Appendix 1: A Stoic Virtue Table; Appendix 2: Chrysippus' and Aristotle's Lists of Virtues-a Comparison; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Cited Passages; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Summary Like its ancient rivals, Stoic ethics was a form of virtue ethics, yet while the concept of virtue was clearly central to Stoic ethics, the concept of Stoic virtue has not yet been fully explored. Instead, the existing literature tends to impose on the Stoic material philosophically quite alien non-Aristotelian interpretations of virtue. According to Christoph Jedan, however, a thorough examination of the Stoic concept of virtue leads to a reassessment of our understanding of Stoic ethics. This book emphasises in particular the theological underpinning of Stoic ethics, which Jedan contends ha
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Subject Chrysippus, approximately 280 B.C.-207 B.C. or 206 B.C.
SUBJECT Chrysippus, approximately 280 B.C.-207 B.C. or 206 B.C. fast
Subject Stoics.
Virtue.
Virtues.
stoicism.
Stoics
Virtue
Virtues
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441119278
1441119272