The Dignity of Man : : Studies in the Persistence of an Idea / / Herschel C. Baker.

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• VerfasserIn: Baker, Herschel C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1947
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (365 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; PART I: The Classical View of Man --; I. The Pre-Socratic Quest --; II. The Problem of Ethical Absolutes --; III. Platonic Humanism --; IV. Aristotelian Humanism --; V. The Ethics of Stoicism --; VI. The Decay of Humanism --; VII. Retrospect --; Part II: The Christian View of Man --; VIII. The Religious Attitude --; IX. The Christian Frame of Reference --; X. The Winds of Doctrine --; XI. Augustine and the Medieval View of Man --; XII. Auguries of Change --; Part III. The Renaissance View Of Man --; Part III. The Renaissance View of Man --; XIV. The Best of All Possible Worlds --; XV. The Uses of Neoplatonism --; XVI. Christian Humanism --; XVII. The Naturalistic View of Man --; XVIII. Sixteenth-Century Ethics and the Development of Neo-Stoicism --; XIX. The Protestant View of Man --; Epilogue --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674734937; 9783110353488; 9783110353563; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674734937
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Herschel C. Baker.