Greek Popular Morality in the Time of Plato and Aristotle

Name: Greek Popular Morality in the Time of Plato and Aristotle
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ISBN: 9780872202450

ISBN-10: 0872202453

ISBN-13: 9780872202450

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In ancient Greece, as today, popular moral attitudes differed importantly from the theories of moral philosophers. While for the latter we have Plato and Aristotle, this insightful work explores the everyday moral conceptions to which orators appealed in court and political assemblies, and which were reflected in non-philosophical literature. Oratory and comedy provide the primary testimony, and reference is also made to Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and other sources. The selection of topics, the contrasts and comparisons with modern religious, social and legal principles, and accessibility to the non-specialist ensure the work's appeal to all readers with an…

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List price: $18.00
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Transliteration and Translation


Abbreviations



Interpretation of the Sources



What is Popular Morality?



Special Characteristics of Oratory



Special Characteristics of Tragedy



Special Characteristics of Comedy



Elements Common to Oratory and Comedy



Social Class



The Moral Vocabulary



The Uses of Moral Language



Definition



The Articulation of Virtue



Determinants of Moral Capacity



Human Nature



Heredity and Environment



Sex



Age



Status



Understanding



Divine Intervention



Moral Responsibility



Oneself and Others



Death, Pain and Grief



Money and Property



Advantage



Sensibility



Sexual Behaviour



Sanctions



Types of Argument



Honour and Shame



The Dead



The Gods



The Human Condition



Priorities



Inequality



The State and the Individual



The State as a Moral Agent


Indexes