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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456437103321

Autore

Bejczy István Pieter <1965->

Titolo

The cardinal virtues in the Middle Ages [[electronic resource] ] : a study in moral thought from the fourth to the fourteenth century / / by István P. Bejczy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16209-1

9786613162090

90-04-21013-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; v. 202

Disciplina

241/.40940902

Soggetti

Cardinal virtues - History of doctrines

Ethics, Medieval

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / I. Bejczy -- 1. Patristic Era And Early Middle Ages (C. 400–C. 1100) / I. Bejczy -- 2. The Twelfth Century / I. Bejczy -- 3. The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Centuries / I. Bejczy -- 4. Fallen Man In Search Of Virtue / I. Bejczy -- Conclusion / I. Bejczy -- Appendix I. Some Current Classifications Of The Moral Virtues / I. Bejczy -- Appendix II. Some Unedited Medieval Texts On The Cardinal Virtues / I. Bejczy -- Bibliography / I. Bejczy -- Index Of Manuscripts / I. Bejczy -- Index Of Ancient And Medieval Authors And Major Anonymous Works / I. Bejczy.

Sommario/riassunto

Despite its non-Christian origins, the scheme of the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) found wide acceptance in medieval theology, philosophy, and religious literature. The present study is the first to investigate the history of the four virtues in the Latin Middle Ages from patristic times to the late fourteenth century. It examines the position of the cardinal virtues between religious and secularized conceptions of morality and attempts to reveal some distinctly Christian aspects of medieval virtue theory notwithstanding its manifest indebtedness to ancient ethics. Exploring learned and



popularizing sources alike, including much unedited material, this study covers a broad spectrum of moral debate during ten centuries of Western intellectual history.