| Virtue and Knowledge: An Introduction to Ancient Greek Ethics Contributor(s): Prior, William J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138697370 ISBN-13: 9781138697379 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 170.938 |
| Series: Routledge Library Editions: Ancient Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.18 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1991, this book focuses on the concept of virtue, and in particular on the virtue of wisdom or knowledge, as it is found in the epic poems of Homer, some tragedies of Sophocles, selected writings of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers. The key questions discussed are the nature of the virtues, their relation to each other, and the relation between the virtues and happiness or well-being. This book provides the background and interpretative framework to make classical works on Ethics, such as Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, accessible to readers with no training in the classics. |