Virtue ethics and education from Late Antiquity to the eighteenth century / edited by Andreas Hellerstedt.

Contributor(s):

Hellerstedt, Andreas [editor]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Knowledge communitiesPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (334 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789048535101
9048535107
9462984441
9789462984448

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Virtue ethics and education from Late Antiquity to the eighteenth century.DDC classification:

179.9 23
302.15 23

LOC classification:

BJ1521 .V57 2018
BJ1547

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Hellerstedt, Andreas -- Eustratius of Nicaea as a source for the Neoplatonist notion of levels of virtue in the Early Latin commentators on the Nicomachean Ethics / Eliasson, Erik -- Teaching virtue through the law / Tj�all�en, Bi�orn -- The tree and its fruit / Eyice, Mari -- Fostering civic virtue / Preste, Tania -- Dancing virtue / Rota, Stefano Fogelberg -- The path to virtue / Kolrud, Kristine -- Virtue and duty / Lindberg, Bo -- The Royal Rhetor / Nell, Jennie -- Antagonistic parents in Frances Brooke 's The Old Maid and The History of Julia Mandeville / Vance, Michaela -- Cracks in the mirror / Hellerstedt, Andreas -- Index

In: Books at JSTOR: Open AccessSummary: This book argues that pre-modern societies were characterized by the quest for 'virtue '. The concept of virtue, complicated and much fought-over, permeated society, encouraging wisdom, courage, and justice, while simultaneously legitimizing social hierarchies based on sex and nationality. By examining pedagogical texts, rituals, performances, and images, this book illuminates the evolution of virtue through time, helping readers understand the guiding principles of historical action.

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This book argues that pre-modern societies were characterized by the quest for 'virtue '. The concept of virtue, complicated and much fought-over, permeated society, encouraging wisdom, courage, and justice, while simultaneously legitimizing social hierarchies based on sex and nationality. By examining pedagogical texts, rituals, performances, and images, this book illuminates the evolution of virtue through time, helping readers understand the guiding principles of historical action.