The Reception of Aristotle's Ethics

Herausgeber: Miller, Jon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new collection of thirteen essays, covering the reception of Aristotle's ethics from the ancient world to the twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9781107540934
• ISBN-10: 1107540933
• Artikelnr.: 42800012

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Jon Miller; 1. The Nicomachean Ethics in Hellenistic
philosophy: a hidden treasure? Karen Margrethe Nielsen; 2. The
transformation of Aristotle's ethics in Roman philosophy Christopher Gill;
3. Aristotelian ethics in Plotinus Dominic J. O'Meara; 4. St Augustine's
appropriation and transformation of Aristotelian eudaimonia Michael W.
Tkacz; 5. The Arabic and Islamic reception of the Nicomachean Ethics Anna
Akasoy; 6. Maimonides' appropriation of Aristotle's ethics Kenneth Seeskin;
7. The relation of prudence and synderesis to happiness in the medieval
commentaries on Aristotle's ethics Anthony Celano; 8. Using Seneca to read
Aristotle: the curious methods of Buridan's ethics Jack Zupko; 9.
Aristotle's ethics in the Renaissance David Lines; 10. The end of ends?
Aristotelian themes in early modern ethics Donald Rutherford; 11. Affective
conflict and virtue: Hume's answer to Aristotle Kate Abramson; 12.
Aristotle and Kant on ethics Manfred Kuehn; 13. The fall and rise of
Aristotelian ethics in Anglo-American moral philosophy: nineteenth and
twentieth century Jennifer Welchman.