Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century
This book argues that pre-modern societies were characterized by a common quest for human flourishing or excellence, i.e. virtue. The history of virtue is a particularly fruitful approach when studying pre-modern periods. Systems of moral philosophy and more day-to-day moral ideas and practices in w...
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| description | This book argues that pre-modern societies were characterized by a common quest for human flourishing or excellence, i.e. virtue. The history of virtue is a particularly fruitful approach when studying pre-modern periods. Systems of moral philosophy and more day-to-day moral ideas and practices in which virtue was central were incredibly important in pre-modern societies within and among diverse scholarly, literary, religious and social communities. Virtue was a cornerstone of pre-modern societies, permeating society in many different ways, and on many different levels, and it was conveyed in erudite and pedagogical texts, ritual, performance and images. The construction of virtues such as wisdom, courage, and justice helped shape identities and communities, but also served to legitimize and reinforce differences pertaining to gender, social hierarchies, and nations. On a more fundamental level, studying the history of virtue helps us understand the guiding principles of historical action. Thus, we believe that the history of virtue is central to understanding these societies, and that the history of virtue, including criticisms of virtue and virtue ethics, tells us important things about how men and women thought and acted in ages past. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1684902025-10-24T05:08:05Z Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century Hellerstedt, Andreas history of virtue ethics thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology This book argues that pre-modern societies were characterized by a common quest for human flourishing or excellence, i.e. virtue. The history of virtue is a particularly fruitful approach when studying pre-modern periods. Systems of moral philosophy and more day-to-day moral ideas and practices in which virtue was central were incredibly important in pre-modern societies within and among diverse scholarly, literary, religious and social communities. Virtue was a cornerstone of pre-modern societies, permeating society in many different ways, and on many different levels, and it was conveyed in erudite and pedagogical texts, ritual, performance and images. The construction of virtues such as wisdom, courage, and justice helped shape identities and communities, but also served to legitimize and reinforce differences pertaining to gender, social hierarchies, and nations. On a more fundamental level, studying the history of virtue helps us understand the guiding principles of historical action. Thus, we believe that the history of virtue is central to understanding these societies, and that the history of virtue, including criticisms of virtue and virtue ethics, tells us important things about how men and women thought and acted in ages past. 2025-10-24T05:08:04Z 2025-10-24T05:08:04Z 2025-10-23T08:33:51Z 2025 book ONIX_20251023T102741_9781040778210_51 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/107854 9781040778210 9781041190295 9781040783351 9789462984448 9781003709121 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/168490 eng Knowledge Communities open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/107854/1/9781040778210.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.5117/9789462984448 10.5117/9789462984448 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781040778210 9781041190295 9781040783351 9789462984448 9781003709121 Routledge 334 Oxford open access |
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| title | Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century |
| title_full | Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century |
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| title_short | Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century |
| title_sort | virtue ethics and education from late antiquity to the eighteenth century |
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