1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394964403316

Autore

Fuller Thomas <1608-1661.>

Titolo

Abel redevivus, or, The dead yet speaking [[electronic resource] ] : the lives and deaths of the moderne divines / / written by severall able and learned men (whose names ye shall finde in the epistle to the reader), and now digested into one volumne .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Tho. Brudenell for John Stafford ..., 1651

Descrizione fisica

[15], 440, [20], 441-596 p. : ports

Altri autori (Persone)

IsaacsonHenry <1581-1654.>

Soggetti

Reformation

Christian biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Consists of biographical sketches of various Protestant divines and theologians by Fuller, Daniel Featley, Thomas Gataker, and others, with occasional verse by Francis Quarles and John Quarles.

Added engraved t.p.

"Epistle to the reader" signed: Tho. Fuller.

The port. and 20 p. inserted after p. 440, containing "The life and death of the late reverend and worthy prelate, Lancelot Andrewes" by Henry Isaacson, were also issued separately with title: An exact narration of the life and death of ... Lancelot Andrewes.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910420929203321

Autore

Zavaliy Andrei G

Titolo

Courage and Cowardice in Ancient Greece : From Homer to Aristotle / / by Andrei G. Zavaliy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-47606-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

179.6

Soggetti

Philosophy

Poetry

Ethics

Philosophy, Ancient

Classical literature

History of Philosophy

Poetry and Poetics

Classical Philosophy

Classical and Antique Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Discovering an Ancient Virtue -- Chapter 2. Archaic Greece: Courageous Hero in the Homeric epics -- Chapter 3. Military Valor in Post-Homeric Poetry -- Chapter 4. The Bold Challengers: Cowardice, Irony and Mockery -- Chapter 5. Courage in Real-life: The Historians’ Approach -- Chapter 6. Courage and Cowardice in Plato’s Dialogues -- Chapter 7. Aristotle’s Revisionism: A Return to Homeric Roots -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Fate of Courage in the Modern World -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The book offers the first comprehensive account of the debate on true courage as it was raging in ancient Greece, from the times when the immensely influential Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, were composed, to the period of the equally influential author, Aristotle. The many voices that contribute to this debate include poets, authors of



ancient dramas and comedies, historians, politicians and philosophers. The book traces the origin of the earliest ideal of a courageous hero in the epic poems of Homer (8th century BCE), and faithfully records its transformations in later authors, which range from an emphatic denial of the Homeric standards of courage (as in comedies of Aristophanes and some Dialogues of Plato) to the strong revisionist tendencies of Aristotle, who attempts to restore genuine courage to its traditional place as an exclusively martial, male virtue. Without attempting to cover the whole of the Western history, the book is able to explore the most important primary Greek sources on the subject matter in greater details, and provide the reader with a comprehensive picture of the changes in both popular and philosophical conceptualizations of the standards of courage from the Archaic period to the middle of the 4th century BCE. A deeper understanding of the history of the debate on courage should help to shape the modern discussions as well, as it becomes obvious that many of the questions on courage and cowardice that are still raised by the contemporary authors from different fields, have been thoroughly considered during the early stages of Greek culture. The book seeks to undermine a common stereotype of a single, unified view on courage and cowardice in Ancient Greece and shows that the current debates on what constitutes genuine courageous character can be traced to the various direct and indirect discussions on this subject matter by the ancient authorities.