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Book Synopsis Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues by : Walter Wilson
Download or read book Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues written by Walter Wilson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the treatise On Virtues, Philo of Alexandria demonstrates how Moses, the constitution he established, and the community that follows its laws embody certain moral ideals (courage, humanity, repentance, and nobility) that were widely admired in the Greco-Roman world.
Book Synopsis Philo of Alexandria, on Virtues by : Walter T. Wilson
Download or read book Philo of Alexandria, on Virtues written by Walter T. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues by : Philo (of Alexandria.)
Download or read book Philo of Alexandria: On Virtues written by Philo (of Alexandria.) and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the treatise On Virtues, Philo of Alexandria demonstrates how Moses, the constitution he established, and the community that follows its laws embody certain moral ideals (courage, humanity, repentance, and nobility) that were widely admired in the Greco-Roman world.
Book Synopsis Philo of Alexandria's Ethical Discourse by : Nélida Naveros Córdova
Download or read book Philo of Alexandria's Ethical Discourse written by Nélida Naveros Córdova and published by Fortress Academic. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philo of Alexandria's Ethical Discourse: Living in the Power of Piety proposes a fresh approach to better understand Philo's ethics exploring the virtue of piety. In this exceptionally well-researched book, N lida Naveros C rdova analyzes five major uses of piety in Philo's treatises-- piety and the Decalogue; piety as a foundational virtue; piety as the opposite of impiety; the practice of piety, and the relationship between piety and love of humanity. Naveros carefully examines each of these five uses within both the Hellenistic Jewish and Greek philosophical traditions, focusing particularly on piety's primary role in Philo's teaching about the acquisition of virtues and the avoidance of vices. Naveros argues that in his ethical discourse, Philo incorporates language familiar in ancient Greek philosophical ethical systems to attribute qualities and powers to the virtue of piety. This book illustrates the way Philo moves beyond both Hellenistic Jewish and Greek philosophical traditions by comprehensively showing how he develops the place of piety, from being a subordinate virtue in Greek catalogue of virtues to becoming a foundational virtue. Naveros brings evidence from ancient Greco-Roman and major Hellenistic Jewish texts as well as modern secondary literature in order to argue and support a plausible case for the understanding of Philo's unique configuration of his own ethical discourse, his view of virtue ethics, and his philosophical stance. To date, this is an original study on Philo's ethics, and the first to offer the fullest evaluation of piety within the categories of ancient ethical systems.
Download or read book On the Embassy to Gaius written by Philo and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-19 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient Roman history text, translated by Charles Yonge, and written by the Greek philosopher Philo of Alexandria. The Embassy to Gaius was a meeting between Gaius Caligula, the then Roman Emperor, and a large contingent of Jews. They wished to overturn Gaius' plans to have a huge statue of Zeus installed in the temple. Gaius' hatred of the Jews is legendary. This book is important because it helps to understand the relations between Jews and Romans in the first century A.D.
Book Synopsis The Works of Philo by : Charles Duke Philo
Download or read book The Works of Philo written by Charles Duke Philo and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 1920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An affordable edition of Philo! A contemporary of Jesus and Paul, Philo wrote extensively on the Hebrew Scriptures and other Jewish topics, but few have read his work because all available sets were pricey. This edition features modern type, passages keyed to the Loeb referencing system, and several newly translated sections not found in other editions.
Book Synopsis In Praise of Virtue by : Benjamin Wirt Farley
Download or read book In Praise of Virtue written by Benjamin Wirt Farley and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this resourceful and illuminating exploration of the biblical virtues, Benjamin W. Farley examines both the Old and the New Testament and applies their teachings on moral character to the Christian life today. In the process, Farley critically reviews the current philosophical and theological interest in virtue, engages the Aristotelian, Thomist, and modern views of virtue, incorporates and responds to feminist concerns, and discusses the importance of the biblical virtues for our pluralistic age.
Book Synopsis Philo of Alexandria: On the Contemplative Life by : Joan E. Taylor
Download or read book Philo of Alexandria: On the Contemplative Life written by Joan E. Taylor and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De Vita Contemplativa is known for its depiction of a philosophical group of Jewish men and women known as the ‘Therapeutae’. This commentary sets the treatise in its historical context and explores Philo’s aims in depicting them as he did.
Book Synopsis Virtue and Law in Plato and Beyond by : Julia Annas
Download or read book Virtue and Law in Plato and Beyond written by Julia Annas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Annas presents a study of Plato's account of the relation of virtue to law: how it developed from the Republic to the Laws, and how his ideas were taken up by Cicero and by Philo of Alexandria. Annas shows that, rather than rejecting the approach to an ideal society in the Republic (as generally thought), Plato is in both dialogues concerned with the relation of virtue to law, and obedience to law, and presents, in the Laws, a more careful and sophisticated account of that relation. His approach in the Laws differs from his earlier one, because he now tries to build from the political cultures of actual societies (and their histories) instead of producing a theoretical thought-experiment. Plato develops an original project in which obedience to law is linked with education to promote understanding of the laws and of the virtues which obedience to them promote. Annas also explores how this project appeals independently to the very different later writers Cicero and Philo of Alexandria.
Book Synopsis Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham by : Ellen Birnbaum
Download or read book Philo of Alexandria: On the Life of Abraham written by Ellen Birnbaum and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new English translation and commentary of Philo’s On the Life of Abraham Ellen Birnbaum and John Dillon show how and why this unique biography displays Philo’s philosophical, exegetical, and literary genius at its best.
Book Synopsis Virtue and Law in Plato and Beyond by : Julia Annas
Download or read book Virtue and Law in Plato and Beyond written by Julia Annas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Annas presents a study of Plato's account of the relation of virtue to law: how it developed from the Republic to the Laws, and how his ideas were taken up by Cicero and by Philo of Alexandria. Annas shows that, rather than rejecting the approach to an ideal society in the Republic (as generally thought), Plato is in both dialogues concerned with the relation of virtue to law, and obedience to law, and presents, in the Laws, a more careful and sophisticated account of that relation. His approach in the Laws differs from his earlier one, because he now tries to build from the political cultures of actual societies (and their histories) instead of producing a theoretical thought-experiment. Plato develops an original project in which obedience to law is linked with education to promote understanding of the laws and of the virtues which obedience to them promote. Annas also explores how this project appeals independently to the very different later writers Cicero and Philo of Alexandria.
Author :Geoffrey D. Claussen Publisher :State University of New York Press ISBN 13 :1438493924 Total Pages :427 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (384 download)
Book Synopsis Jewish Virtue Ethics by : Geoffrey D. Claussen
Download or read book Jewish Virtue Ethics written by Geoffrey D. Claussen and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is good character? What are the traits of a good person? How should virtues be cultivated? How should vices be avoided? The history of Jewish literature is filled with reflection on questions of character and virtue such as these, reflecting a wide range of contexts and influences. Beginning with the Bible and culminating with twenty-first-century feminism and environmentalism, Jewish Virtue Ethics explores thirty-five influential Jewish approaches to character and virtue. Virtue ethics has been a burgeoning field of moral inquiry among academic philosophers in the postwar period. Although Jewish ethics has also flourished as an academic (and practical) field, attention to the role of virtue in Jewish thought has been underdeveloped. This volume seeks to illuminate its centrality not only for readers primarily interested in Jewish ethics but also for readers who take other approaches to virtue ethics, including within the Western virtue ethics tradition. The original essays written for this volume provide valuable sources for philosophical reflection.
Book Synopsis Plato on the Unity of the Virtues by : Rod Jenks
Download or read book Plato on the Unity of the Virtues written by Rod Jenks and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Plato on the Unity of the Virtues, Rod Jenks argues that while Plato makes several attempts to show how virtue is one, he deliberately fails to secure this because he thinks the way in which the virtues are both one and many is finally ineffable.
Book Synopsis Virtue and Knowledge by : William J. Prior
Download or read book Virtue and Knowledge written by William J. Prior and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1991, this book focuses on the concept of virtue, and in particular on the virtue of wisdom or knowledge, as it is found in the epic poems of Homer, some tragedies of Sophocles, selected writings of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers. The key questions discussed are the nature of the virtues, their relation to each other, and the relation between the virtues and happiness or well-being. This book provides the background and interpretative framework to make classical works on Ethics, such as Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, accessible to readers with no training in the classics.
Book Synopsis Philo of Alexandria - An Exegete for His Time by : Peder Borgen
Download or read book Philo of Alexandria - An Exegete for His Time written by Peder Borgen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philo's writings are a comprehensive and important source of late Second Temple Judaism. This volume gives important insights into his exegetical works. The structure of the books and their exegetical ideas are seen here as being closely connected and his writings are analysed against the background of the history, variety and outlook of Alexandrian Jewry. Philo's exegesis is a meeting place between Jewish and Greek notions and ideas; tensions are reflected, such as those between particularism and universalism, between specific biblical and historical earthly events and general macro- and micro-cosmic principles, and between heavenly ascents and interpreted history and eschatology. In addition, glimpses are gained of community life in a Hellenistic Jewish community, especially of issues on the borderline between Jews and their non-Jewish surroundings. New Testament material illuminates Philo's broader Jewish context, and in turn Philo throws light on New Testament backgrounds.
Book Synopsis Philo about the contemplative life, or, The fourth book of the treatise concerning virtues by : Philo (Judaeus.)
Download or read book Philo about the contemplative life, or, The fourth book of the treatise concerning virtues written by Philo (Judaeus.) and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Virtuous Life in Greek Ethics by : Burkhard Reis
Download or read book The Virtuous Life in Greek Ethics written by Burkhard Reis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-20 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is now a renewed concern for moral psychology among moral philosophers. Moreover, contemporary philosophers interested in virtue, moral responsibility and moral progress regularly refer to Plato and Aristotle, the two founding fathers of ancient ethics. The book contains eleven chapters by distinguished scholars which showcase current research in Greek ethics. Four deal with Plato, focusing on the Protagoras, Euthydemus, Symposium and Republic, and discussing matters of literary presentation alongside the philosophical content. The four chapters on Aristotle address problems such as the doctrine of the mean, the status of rules, equity and the tension between altruism and egoism in Aristotelian eudaimonism. A contrast to classical Greek ethics is presented by two chapters reconstructing Epicurus' views on the emotions and moral responsibility as well as on moral development. The final chapter on personal identity in Empedocles shows that the concern for moral progress is already palpable in Presocratic philosophy.
