Lieve van Hoof

Plutarch's Practical Ethics

The Social Dynamics of Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of Plutarch's practical ethics, a group of texts within his Moralia designed to help powerful Greeks and Romans manage their ambitions and society's expectations successfully. Lieve Van Hoof depicts philosophy under the Roman Empire as a kind of symbolic capital engendering power and prestige for author and reader alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199583263
• ISBN-10: 0199583269
• Artikelnr.: 30361726

Autorenporträt

Dr Lieve Van Hoof obtained her Ph.D. in Classics from Leuven University (Belgium) in 2006. Since then, she has held a Lectureship in Greek and Latin Literature at the University of Exeter (U.K.), a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of the Flemish Research Foundation (Belgium), and a Humboldt-Stipendium für erfahrene Wissenschaftler based in Bonn. Currently, she is a Fellow in Residence at the Lichtenberg Kolleg zu Göttingen.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Philosophy and Society
2: Strategies for Promoting Philosophy
3: Plutarch as a Philosopher in Society
4: On Feeling Good
5: On Exile
6: On Talkativeness
7: On Curiosity
8: Precepts of Healthcare
Conclusion