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| Author | : Lieve Van Hoof |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 2010-06-24 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0191576905 |
The Second Sophistic (c.AD 60-250) was a time of intense competition for honour and status. Like today, this often caused mental as well as physical stress for the elite of the Roman Empire. This book, which transcends the boundaries between literature, social history, and philosophy, studies Plutarch's practical ethics, a group of twenty-odd texts within the Moralia designed to help powerful Greeks and Romans manage their ambitions and society's expectations successfully. Lieve Van Hoof combines a systematic analysis of the general principles underlying Plutarch's practical ethics, including the author's target readership, therapeutical practices, and self-presentation, with five innovative case studies. A picture emerges of philosophy under the Roman Empire not as a set of abstract, theoretical doctrines, but as a kind of symbolic capital engendering power and prestige for author and reader alike.
| Author | : Lieve Van Hoof |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 341 |
| Release | : 2010-06-24 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0199583269 |
A study of Plutarch's practical ethics, a group of texts within his Moralia designed to help powerful Greeks and Romans manage their ambitions and society's expectations successfully. Lieve Van Hoof depicts philosophy under the Roman Empire as a kind of symbolic capital engendering power and prestige for author and reader alike.
| Author | : Geert Roskam |
| Publisher | : Universitaire Pers Leuven |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 905867858X |
This collection of essays addresses Plutarch's writings on practical ethics from different perspectives, including regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying philosophical and social presuppositions.
| Author | : Daniel S. Richter |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 777 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0199837473 |
The study of the Second Sophistic is a relative newcomer to the Anglophone field of classics, and much of what characterizes it temporally and culturally remains a matter of legitimate contestation. This Handbook offers a diversity of scholarly voices that attempt to define the state of this developing field. Included are chapters that offer practical guidance on the wide range of valuable textual materials that survive, many of which are useful or even core to inquiries of particularly current interest (e.g., gender studies, cultural history of the body, sociology of literary culture, history of education and intellectualism, history of religion, political theory, history of medicine, cultural linguistics, intersection of the classical traditions and early Christianity).
| Author | : Stephen T. Newmyer |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2013-04-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1135130515 |
This groundbreaking volume explores Plutarch's unique survival in the argument that animals are rational and sentient, and that we, as humans, must take notice of their interests. Exploring Plutarch's three animal-related treatises, as well as passages from his ethical treatises, Stephen Newmyer examines arguments that, strikingly, foreshadow those found in the works of such prominent animal rights philosophers as Peter Singer and Tom Regan. Unique in viewing Plutarch’s opinions not only in the context of ancient philosophical and ethical through, but also in its place in the history of animal rights speculation, Animals Rights and Reasons points out how remarkably Plutarch differs from such anti-animal thinkers as the Stoics. Classicists, philosophers, animal-welfare students and interested readers will all find this book an invaluable and informative addition to their reading.
| Author | : Mark Beck |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 838 |
| Release | : 2013-11-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1118316371 |
A Companion to Plutarch offers a broad survey of the famous historian and biographer; a coherent, comprehensive, and elegant presentation of Plutarch’s thought and influence Constitutes the first survey of its kind, a unified and accessible guide that offers a comprehensive discussion of all major aspects of Plutarch’s oeuvre Provides essential background information on Plutarch’s world, including his own circle of influential friends (Greek and Roman), his travels, his political activity, and his relations with Trajan and other emperors Offers contextualizing background, the literary and cultural details that shed light on some of the fundamental aspects of Plutarch’s thought Surveys the ideologically crucial reception of the Greek Classical Period in Plutarch’s writings Follows the currents of recent serious scholarship, discussing perennial interests, and delving into topics and works not formerly given serious attention
| Author | : Mark Beck |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2014-01-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781405194310 |
A Companion to Plutarch offers a broad survey of the famous historian and biographer; a coherent, comprehensive, and elegant presentation of Plutarch’s thought and influence Constitutes the first survey of its kind, a unified and accessible guide that offers a comprehensive discussion of all major aspects of Plutarch’s oeuvre Provides essential background information on Plutarch’s world, including his own circle of influential friends (Greek and Roman), his travels, his political activity, and his relations with Trajan and other emperors Offers contextualizing background, the literary and cultural details that shed light on some of the fundamental aspects of Plutarch’s thought Surveys the ideologically crucial reception of the Greek Classical Period in Plutarch’s writings Follows the currents of recent serious scholarship, discussing perennial interests, and delving into topics and works not formerly given serious attention
| Author | : Susan G. Jacobs |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 487 |
| Release | : 2017-10-10 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9004276610 |
In Plutarch’s Pragmatic Biographies, Susan Jacobs argues for a major revision in how we interpret the Parallel Lives. She integrates the existing focus on moral issues into the much broader paradigm of effective leadership found in Plutarch’s Moralia. There, in addition to moral virtue, the successful leader needed good critical judgment, persuasiveness and facility in managing alliances and rivalries. The analysis of six sets of Lives shows how Plutarch carefully portrayed Greek and Roman leaders of the past assessing situations and solving problems that paralleled those faced by his politically-active audience. By linking victories and defeats to specific strategic insights and practical skills, Plutarch created “pragmatic biographies” that could instruct statesmen and generals of every era.
| Author | : Eran Almagor |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2018-07-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 074864556X |
Explores the experiences spectators have when they watch a film collectively in a cinema.
| Author | : Plutarch |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 410 |
| Release | : 2019-11-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0691192111 |
Classicist Beneker translates three political essays written by the philosopher, statesman, and moralist Plutarch of Chaeronia. These essays are timeless reflections on the proper way to lead and serve, publicly, at least with respect to the European and American political traditions.
