TY - BOOK ID - 65500863 TI - On morals, or, Concerning education AU - Theodorus Metochites AU - Xenophontos, Sophia PY - 2020 VL - 61 SN - 9780674244634 067424463X PB - Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press DB - UniCat KW - Moral exhortation KW - Moral education KW - Ethics, Medieval KW - Medieval ethics KW - Character education KW - Ethical education KW - Child rearing KW - Education KW - Ethics KW - Religious education KW - Diatribe (Rhetoric) KW - Exhortation, Moral KW - Paraenesis KW - Protrepsis KW - Psychagogy KW - Metochites, Theodoros, KW - Ethics, Medieval. KW - Exhortation (religion). KW - Moral education. KW - Moral exhortation. KW - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. KW - Rhétorique KW - Éducation morale. KW - Aspect religieux. KW - 1259-1448. KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Byzantine Empire. KW - Empire byzantin KW - History KW - Moral exhortation - Early works to 1800 KW - Moral education - Early works to 1800 KW - Ethics, Medieval - Early works to 1800 KW - Philosophy / ethics & moral philosophy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65500863 AB - "Theodore Metochites, a distinguished figure in the intellectual and political landscape of the early Palaiologan period (1261-1341), was born in Constantinople in 1270. The On Morals or Concerning Education is an extensive disquisition about the significance and status of cultural education (paideia) in the context of Palaiologan society. The oration might also be seen at least partly as an autobiographical narrative exposing Metochites's inner reflections and anxieties. The On Morals belongs to the genre of the protreptikos, a hortatory speech designed to encourage its readers to study philosophy and attain virtue. With the On Morals Metochites sought to establish himself as a continuator of ancient moral philosophy in late Byzantium"-- ER -