Aristotle and Menander on the Ethics of Understanding

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-26975-0
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 227 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 491 g

Reihe: Brill

In Aristotle and Menander on the Ethics of Understanding, Valeria Cinaglia offers a parallel study of Menander’s New Comedy and Aristotle’s philosophy focusing on subjects ranging from epistemology and psychology to ethics. Cinaglia does not aim to demonstrate the direct philosophical influence of Aristotle on Menander, but explores the hypothesis that there are significant analogies between the two that disclose a shared thought-world.
Cinaglia shows that Aristotle and Menander offer analogous views of the way that perceptions and emotional responses to situations are linked with the presence or absence of ethical and cognitive understanding, or the state of ethical character development: the study of these analogies contributes to a deeper understanding of both frameworks involved.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cinaglia, Valeria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Rezeption, literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen

Über Autor(innen)

Valeria Cinaglia, Ph.D. (2011), University of Exeter, is Teaching Assistant at King’s College London. She has published various articles on Aristotle and Menander in journals and books, some of which in collaboration with scholars in the UK and USA.