Plutarch's Practical Ethics

Plutarch's Practical Ethics
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9780191576904
ISBN-13 : 0191576905
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Book Synopsis Plutarch's Practical Ethics by : Lieve Van Hoof

Download or read book Plutarch's Practical Ethics written by Lieve Van Hoof and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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