Psychological and Ethical Ideas

What Early Greeks Say
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-90-04-10185-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 144, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

Psychological and Ethical Ideas studies what Greek poets and philosophers of the Archaic Age of Greece say about certain psychological and ethical ideas. These ideas include “psychological activity”, “soul”, “excellence”, and “justice”. These ideas were chosen to show how early Greek individuals think, act, and relate to other people and to their universe.
The book first discusses the nature of the literature of the Archaic Age. It then treats in detail what early Greeks say about the four ideas, presenting numerous quotations (all in translation). The book concludes with an overview of the ideas discussed.
The book introduces the reader to important ideas of the Archaic Age, showing what both poets and philosophers thought. These ideas are central to this period and were to have an important role in the literature and philosophy of later Greek authors, especially in the drama of the fifth century and the philosophy of the fourth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sullivan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Shirley Darcus Sullivan (Ph.D., Classics, University of Toronto, 1973) is a Professor of Classics at the University of British Columbia. Her published articles focus upon Homer, the Greek lyric and elegiac poets, and the Presocratic philosophers.