Aristotle and Menander on the ethics of understanding / / by Valeria Cinaglia.
In Aristotle and Menander on the Ethics of Understanding , Valeria Cinaglia offers a parallel study of Menander’s New Comedy and Aristotle’s philosophy focusing on subjects ranging from epistemology and psychology to ethics. Cinaglia does not aim to demonstrate the direct philosophical influence of...
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| Superior document: | Philosophia Antiqua, Volume 138 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Philosophia antiqua ;
Volume 138. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Notes: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Exeter, 2011. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Introduction
- Setting the Broader Background
- Degrees of Understanding: Menander and Aristotle on How We Understand
- The Misleading Power of Perceptions and Emotions
- Chance, Ignorance and Human Agency
- Character, Ethics and Human Relationships: Aristotle and Menander on How We Learn to Be Good and How We Become Bad
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Indexes.