Virtue and Knowledge

An Introduction to Ancient Greek Ethics

William J. Prior (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

254 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-69739-3 (ISBN)

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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.

William J. Prior

1. Before Philosophy: Some Literary Portraits of Virtue 2. The Sophists and Socrates 3. Plato’s Moral Philosophy: The Republic 4. Aristotle’s Moral Philosophy: Nicomachean Ethics 5. Epicureanism and Stoicism

Erscheinungsdatum	25.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Ancient Philosophy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	1-138-69739-7 / 1138697397
ISBN-13	978-1-138-69739-3 / 9781138697393
Zustand	Neuware