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dc.contributor.editorRoskam, Geert
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-01 23:55
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-23 03:00:27
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T10:55:47Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T10:55:47Z
dc.date.issued2011-05-06
dc.identifier1004124
dc.identifierOCN: 1100491281en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25959
dc.description.abstractPlutarch of Chaeronea was by no means an armchair philosopher. He believed in the necessity for a philosopher to affect the lives of his fellow citizens. That urge inspired many of his writings to meet what he considered people's true needs. Although these writings on practical ethics illustrate in various ways Plutarch's authorial talents and raise many challenging questions (regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying philosophical and social presuppositions), they have attracted only limited scholarly attention.Virtues for the People’s collected essays deal with these questions from different perspectives and throw a new light upon this multifaceted domain of Plutarch's thinking and writing. Special points of interest are the concept of ‘popular philosophy' itself and its implications, its dependence on a more theoretical philosophical background, and the importance of moral progress, the therapy of wickedness, and the common experiences of everyday life.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticismen_US
dc.subject.otherClassics
dc.subject.otherClassical Greek philosophy
dc.subject.otherintellectual history
dc.titleVirtues for the People
dc.title.alternativeAspects of Plutarchan Ethics
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.11116/VP_PLU
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oapen.relation.isFundedByb818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9
oapen.relation.isbn9789058678584
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.grant.number102275
oapen.grant.programKU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books
oapen.identifier.isbn9789058678584
grantor.number102275
oapen.identifier.ocn1100491281


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