The Philosophical Life /

Ancient biographies were more than accounts of the deeds of past heroes and guides for moral living. They were also arenas for debating pressing philosophical questions and establishing intellectual credentials, as the author argues in this study of biographies composed in Late Antiquity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Urbano, Arthur P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Philosophy.
Neoplatonism.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Christian biography.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
PHILOSOPHY > Religious.
Neo-platonisme > Histoire.
Neo-platonisme > Biographies.
Philosophie > Histoire.
Philosophie > Biographies.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Biographies chretiennes.
Neoplatonism > History.
Neoplatonism > Biography.
Philosophy > History.
Philosophy > Biography.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Ancient biographies were more than accounts of the deeds of past heroes and guides for moral living. They were also arenas for debating pressing philosophical questions and establishing intellectual credentials, as the author argues in this study of biographies composed in Late Antiquity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (375 pages): illustrations, charts
ISBN:9780813221632

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