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Virtue, norms, and objectivity : issues in ancient and modern ethics.
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ISBN: 0199264384 Year: 2005 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) Oxford university press.

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For much of the twentieth century it was common to contrast the characteristic forms and preoccupations of modern ethical theory with those of the ancient world. However, the last few decades have seen a growing recognition that contemporary moral philosophy now has much in common with its ancient incarnation, in areas as diverse as virtue ethics and ethical epistemology. Christopher Gill has assembled an international team to conduct a fascinating exploration of the relationship between the two fields, exploring key issues in ancient ethics in a way that highlights their conceptual significance for the study of ethics more generally. Virtue, Norms, and Objectivity will be as interesting and relevant to modern moral philosophers, therefore, as it will be to specialists in ancient thought.

The structured self in Hellenistic and Roman thought.
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ISBN: 019815268X 019171013X 019956437X 9786610764525 0191518409 128076452X 1435618769 Year: 2006 Publisher: Oxford Oxford university press

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Christopher Gill offers a new analysis of what is innovative in Hellenistic--especially Stoic and Epicurean--philosophical thinking about selfhood and personality. His wide-ranging discussion of Stoic and Epicurean ideas is illustrated by a more detailed examination of the Stoic theory of the passions and a new account of the history of this theory. His study also tackles issues about the historical study of selfhood and the relationship between philosophy and literature, especially the presentation of the collapse of character in Plutrarch's Lives, Senecan tragedy, and Virgil's Aeneid. As all Greek and Latin is translated, this book presents original ideas about ancient concepts of personality to a wide range of readers.

The structured self in Hellenistic and Roman thought
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ISBN: 9780199564378 9780198152682 Year: 2009 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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Virtue, norms, and objectivity
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ISBN: 1280753706 0191555800 142378667X 9780191555800 0199264384 1383040605 Year: 2005 Publisher: Oxford New York Clarendon Press Oxford University Press

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Christopher Gill explores key issues in ancient ethics in a way that highlights their conceptual significance for the study of ethics more generally.


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Learning to live naturally : stoic ethics and its modern significance
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ISBN: 9780198866169 019886616X Year: 2022 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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At a time of unprecedented interest in Stoicism among scholars and the general public, this book offers a sustained examination of the core Stoic ethical claims and their significance for modern moral theory. The first part considers the Stoic ideas of happiness as the life according to nature and virtue as expertise in leading a happy life and explores the senses of 'nature' (both human and universal) relevant for ethics. The second part studies Stoic thinking on ethical development (learning to live naturally), bringing out the interconnections between growth in ethical understanding, forming social relationships, and emotional responses. The third part discusses how Stoic ethics, as interpreted here, can contribute to contemporary moral theory, especially virtue ethics. It suggests that Stoic thinking on the virtue-happiness relationship offers a cogent alternative to Aristotle, currently the main ancient prototype for virtue ethical theory, and it explores ways in which Stoic ideas on human and universal nature can contribute to modern ethical debates, notably on how to respond effectively to the pressing challenge of climate breakdown. It also highlights the value of Stoic guidance for virtue ethics as well as contemporary 'life-guidance'. A further distinctive feature of the book is the close and extended study of key sources for Stoic ethics, including Cicero's On Ends and On Duties, which enables readers of different kinds to interpret these source for themselves.


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Peace of Mind and Being Yourself : Panaetius to Plutarch

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