LEADER 03898nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910809649303321 005 20240405013825.0 010 $a94-6166-011-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079780 035 $a(EBL)1762974 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486564 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11360538 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486564 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10430339 035 $a(PQKB)10802916 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1762974 035 $a(OCoLC)715171731 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29517 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1762974 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10452820 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079780 100 $a20091106d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlutarch's Maxime cum principibus philosopho esse disserendum $ean interpretation with commentary /$fG. Roskam 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLeuven $cLeuven University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 1 $aPlutarchea Hypomnemata ;$vv.2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-5867-736-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aPLUTARCH'S MAXIME CUM PRINCIPIBUS PHILOSOPHO ESSE DISSERENDUM AN INTERPRETATION WITH COMMENTARY; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; 1. The first steps in the analysis of Maxime cum principibus; 1.1. The author; 1.1.1. A rich political career; 1.1.2. Heir of an old tradition; 1.2. The work; 1.2.1. A difficult text; 1.2.2. The literary genre of Maxime cum principibus; 1.2.3. The date of Maxime cum principibus; 2.Two further stepping-stones; 2.1. Plutarch's evaluation of the political position of his philosophical predecessors; 2.1.1. Introduction; 2.1.2. The Presocratics 327 $a2.1.3. Socrates 2.1.4. Plato; 2.1.5. The Academy; 2.1.6. Aristotle; 2.1.7. The Peripatetics; 2.1.8. Provisional conclusions; 2.1.9. Philosophical opponents; 2.1.10. Conclusion; 2.2. Consistency, again and again; 3. Plutarch's argument in Maxime cum principibus; 3.1. The philosopher's ??????????: humane behaviour for the benefit of the whole community (776A-777B); 3.2. Friendship as the final end of human ?????? (777B-778B); 3.3. The pleasures of the ?????????? ?????????? (778B-F); 3.4. Some concrete examples of ?????????? (779A-C) 327 $a3.5. Conclusion: Plutarch's political philosophy in Maxime cumprincipibus 3.5.1. Friendship between the philosopher and the ruler as one of Plutarch's political ideals; 3.5.2. Plutarch and power: the philosopher's escape from a harsh reality; 3.5.3. Plutarch's political philosophy in Maxime cum principibus: a schematic survey; 3.6. Schematic structure of Maxime cum principibus; COMMENTARY; Bibliography; INDICES; Index nominum; Index locorum 330 $aThe question of the political relevance of philosophy, and of the role which the philosopher should play in the government of his state, was often discussed in Antiquity. Plato's ideal of the philosopher-king is well-known, but was precisely his failure to realise his political ideal in Syracuse not the best argument against the philosopher's political engagement? Nevertheless, Plato's ideal remained attractive for later Greek thinkers. This is illustrated, for instance, by one of Plutarch's short political works, in which he tries to demonstrate that the philosopher should especially associate 410 0$aPlutarchea Hypomnemata 606 $aPhilosophy, Ancient 615 0$aPhilosophy, Ancient. 676 $a184 700 $aRoskam$b Geert$0474196 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809649303321 996 $aPlutarch's Maxime cum principibus philosopho esse disserendum$9250743 997 $aUNINA