Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century

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This book argues that premodern societies were characterized by the quest for "virtue." The concept of virtue, complicated and much fought-over, permeated society, encouraging wisdom, courage, and justice, while simultaneously legitimizing social hierarchies based on sex and nationality. B...

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Frontmatter --
Table of contents --
List of figures --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction /
Eustratius of Nicaea as a source for the Neoplatonist notion of levels of virtue in the Early Latin commentators on the Nicomachean Ethics /
Teaching virtue through the law /
The tree and its fruit /
Fostering civic virtue /
Dancing virtue /
The path to virtue /
Virtue and duty /
The Royal Rhetor /
Antagonistic parents in Frances Brooke 's The Old Maid and The History of Julia Mandeville /
Cracks in the mirror /
Index
1. Verfasser:
Hellerstedt, Andreas
Weitere Verfasser:
Hellerstedt, Andreas (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2018
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
This book argues that premodern societies were characterized by the quest for "virtue." The concept of virtue, complicated and much fought-over, permeated society, encouraging wisdom, courage, and justice, while simultaneously legitimizing social hierarchies based on sex and nationality. By examining pedagogical texts, rituals, performances, and images, this book illuminates the evolution of virtue through time, helping readers understand the guiding principles of historical action.
Umfang:
1 online resource (335 pages)
Anmerkungen:
In English.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Knowledge communities ;
ISBN:
1-04-077821-6
1-003-70912-5
1-04-078335-X
90-485-3510-7
9781003709121
Schlagworte:
Moral education > History.
Ethics > History.
Virtue > History.
Electronic books.
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