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Virtues for the people : aspects of Plutarchan ethics /

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Platonist, polymath, and prolific writer, was by no means an armchair philosopher. He believed in the necessity for a philosopher to affect the lives of his fellow citizens. That urge inspired many of his writings to meet what he considered people''s true needs. Alth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Roskam, Geert, Stockt, L. Van der
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leuven : Leuven University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Plutarchea hypomnemata.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Virtues for the People; Copyright; Contents; Efficiency and Effectiveness of Plutarch's Broadcasting Ethics; 1. Virtues for the people; Semper duo, numquam tres? Plutarch's Popularphilosophie on Friendship and Virtue in On having many friends; 1. Plutarch's On having many friends and Popularphilosophie; 1.1. Popularphilosophie; 1.2. On having many friends; 2. On having many friends 1-2: rhetoric and philosophy; 2.1. A sample of Plutarch's rhetoric; The exordium (1-2a): questioning a common craving; The thesis (2b): semper duo, numquam tres!; 2.2. A glimpse of philosophy?
  • 3. True friendship: Plutarch and Themistius4. Likeness and friendship: in search of the Doppelgänger; 5. Concluding observations. Plutarch and Maximus; What is Popular About Plutarch's 'Popular Philosophy'?; Popular wisdom?; Virtues for the people?; Conclusion: 'popular philosophy'
  • or 'educated ethics'?; Plutarch's Lives and the Critical Reader; 1. The road not taken; 2. Telling and showing; 3. Multivalence; 4. Compare and contrast; 5. The critical reader in the Moralia; Greek Poleis and the Roman Empire: Nature and Features of Political Virtues in an Autocratic System.
  • Del Satiro che voleva baciare il fuoco (o Come trarre vantaggio dai nemici)Plutarch's 'Diet-Ethics' Precepts of Healthcare Between Diet and Ethics; 1. The opening dialogue: setting the context; 2. Establishing 'diet-ethics'; 3. An active middle course between paralysing extremes; 4. Pivoting on the reader's motivations; 5. Conclusion: Plutarch's Precepts of Healthcare and beyond; 2. Some theoretical questions on ethical praxis; Plutarchan Morality: Arete, Tyche, and Non-Consequentialism; Virtue, Fortune, and Happiness in Theory and Practice.