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This is an original and stimulating collection of articles by scholars trained in classics, moral philosophy, political science, literature, and intellectual history. Its principal objective is to convey to the modern reader a sophisticated understanding of Homeric and Classical Greek morality and how it differs from our own. Some of the articles focus primarily on Greek value concepts, especially the concept of arete. Others compare those concepts to modern notions of virtue and tolerance, as well as to the work of contemporary literary figures and philosophers, including T.S. Eliot, Alasdair Macintyre, John Wallace, and Philippa Foot. Throughout, the juxtaposition of ancient and modern ideas and the worldviews they presuppose makes these readings both intellectually exciting and revealing.
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- PublisherPeter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0820414891
- ISBN 13 9780820414898
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages309
- EditorAdkins A.W.H., Lowrence Joan K., Ihara Craig K.
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