Ethics in Aesop's Fables: The Augustana Collection - Couverture rigide

Zafiropoulos, Christos A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004118675 ISBN 13 : 9789004118676

Editeur : Brill, 2001

Synopsis

Ethics in Aesop's Fables: the Augustana Collection offers an original and innovative analysis of the Greek fable in the framework of Greek ethical thinking. The book starts with a brief account of the history and genre of the Greek fable. It then focuses on the Augustana collection of prose fables and analyses its ethical content in the larger context of Greek thought. A detailed comparison of Greek ethical thinking with the language of the fables shows the persistence of certain types of ethical reasoning and of certain key ethical norms. The author argues that although the fable was not 'philosophy', it was indeed 'philosophical' because it communicated normative messages about human behaviour, which reflected widespread views in Greek ethical thought. This book is of special interest to both students and scholars of Greek fable and of Greek philosophy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Christos A. Zafiropoulos, Ph.D. (1998) in Classics, University of Exeter, has studied extensively the relation between Greek popular literature (the Greek fable, in particular) and Greek ethical norms.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004118675
• ISBN 13: 9789004118676
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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