Virtues for the People : Aspects of Plutarchan Ethics / / edited by Geert Roskam and Luc Van der Stockt

• Pubblicazione: Leuven : , : Leuven University Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 100; 170
• Soggetto topico: Literary Criticism; Literature - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: StocktL. Van der RoskamGeert
• Note generali: Originally presented at an international conference in Delphi.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-349) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Virtues for the People; Copyright; Contents; Efficiency and Effectiveness of Plutarch's Broadcasting Ethics; 1. Virtues for the people; Semper duo, numquam tres? Plutarch's Popularphilosophie on Friendship and Virtue in On having many friends; 1. Plutarch's On having many friends and Popularphilosophie; 1.1. Popularphilosophie; 1.2. On having many friends; 2. On having many friends 1-2: rhetoric and philosophy; 2.1. A sample of Plutarch's rhetoric; The exordium ( 1-2a): questioning a common craving; The thesis (2b): semper duo, numquam tres!; 2.2. A glimpse of philosophy? ; 3. True friendship: Plutarch and Themistius4. Likeness and friendship: in search of the Doppelgänger; 5. Concluding observations. Plutarch and Maximus; What is Popular About Plutarch's 'Popular Philosophy'?; Popular wisdom?; Virtues for the people?; Conclusion: 'popular philosophy' - or 'educated ethics'?; Plutarch's Lives and the Critical Reader; 1. The road not taken; 2. Telling and showing; 3. Multivalence; 4. Compare and contrast; 5. The critical reader in the Moralia; Greek Poleis and the Roman Empire: Nature and Features of Political Virtues in an Autocratic System ; Del Satiro che voleva baciare il fuoco (o Come trarre vantaggio dai nemici)Plutarch's 'Diet-Ethics' Precepts of Healthcare Between Diet and Ethics; 1. The opening dialogue: setting the context; 2. Establishing 'diet-ethics'; 3. An active middle course between paralysing extremes; 4. Pivoting on the reader's motivations; 5. Conclusion: Plutarch's Precepts of Healthcare and beyond; 2. Some theoretical questions on ethical praxis; Plutarchan Morality: Arete, Tyche, and Non-Consequentialism; Virtue, Fortune, and Happiness in Theory and Practice ; Plutarch Against Epicurus on Affection for Offspring A Reading of De amore prolis1. Introduction: Plutarch's De amore prolis, a problematic text; 2. The previous tradition; 2.1. The concept of φιλοστοργιά; 2.2. The debate over love for one's children; 3. Plutarch's argument in De amore prolis; 3.1. Chapter 1; 3.2. Chapter 2; 3.3. Chapter 3; 3.4. Chapter 4; 3.5. Chapter 5; 4. Conclusion; 3. Virtues and Vices; Plutarch's 'Minor' Ethics: Some Remarks on De garrulitate, De curiositate, and De vitioso pudore; Appendix ; Plutarchs Schrift gegen das Borgen (Περι ̀του ͂μη ̀δειν͂ δανειζ́εσθαι): Adressaten, Lehrziele und Genos1. Die Adressaten; a) Einleitung: Zum Stil des Traktats; b) An wen richtet sich die Schrift?; 2. Das Lehrziel; 3. De cupiditate divitiarum und die Gattung von De vitando aere alieno; Competition and its Costs: Φιλονικιά in Plutarch's Society and Heroes; Φιλονικιά or φιλονεικιά?; Φιλονικιά in classical writers; Φιλονικιά as a passion; Φιλονικιά in Plutarch's Moralia; The Plutarchan hero and φιλονικιά; Conclusion; 4. 'Popular philosophy' in context ; Astrometeorología y creencias sobre los astros en Plutarco
• Sommario/riassunto: Plutarch of Chaeronea, Platonist, polymath, and prolific writer, was by no means an armchair philosopher. He believed in the necessity for a philosopher to affect the lives of his fellow citizens. That urge inspired many of his writings to meet what he considered people''s true needs. Although these writings on practical ethics illustrate in various ways Plutarch''s authorial talents and raise many challenging questions (regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying philosophical and social presuppositions), they have attracted only limited scholarly attention. Virtues fo
• Titolo autorizzato: Virtues for the People
• ISBN: 9789461661180; 9461661185
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910309957703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Plutarchea hypomnemata.