Prior Virtue and Knowledge

An Introduction to Ancient Greek Ethics
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-315-52203-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Ancient Philosophy

Originally published in 1991, this book focuses on the concept of virtue, and in particular on the virtue of wisdom or knowledge, as it is found in the epic poems of Homer, some tragedies of Sophocles, selected writings of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers.

The key questions discussed are the nature of the virtues, their relation to each other, and the relation between the virtues and happiness or well-being. This book provides the background and interpretative framework to make classical works on Ethics, such as Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, accessible to readers with no training in the classics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prior, William J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Before Philosophy: Some Literary Portraits of Virtue 2. The Sophists and Socrates 3. Plato’s Moral Philosophy: The Republic 4. Aristotle’s Moral Philosophy: Nicomachean Ethics 5. Epicureanism and Stoicism