Plutarch's Practical Ethics: The Social Dynamics of Philosophy
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199583269
ISBN13:9780199583263
Release Date:August 2010
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"
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