Ethics in Aesop's fables : the Augustana collection /
Ethics in Aesop's Fables: the Augustana Collection offers an original and innovative analysis of the Greek fable in the framework of Greek ethical thinking. The book starts with a brief account of the history and genre of the Greek fable. It then focuses on the Augustana collection of prose fab...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill.
©2001.
Series:
Mnemosyne, Supplements
216.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.
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Call Number: PA3858 .Z24 2001
| Summary: | Ethics in Aesop's Fables: the Augustana Collection offers an original and innovative analysis of the Greek fable in the framework of Greek ethical thinking. The book starts with a brief account of the history and genre of the Greek fable. It then focuses on the Augustana collection of prose fables and analyses its ethical content in the larger context of Greek thought. A detailed comparison of Greek ethical thinking with the language of the fables shows the persistence of certain types of ethical reasoning and of certain key ethical norms. The author argues that although the fable was not 'philosophy', it was indeed 'philosophical' because it communicated normative messages about human behaviour, which reflected widespread views in Greek ethical thought. This book is of special interest to both students and scholars of Greek fable and of Greek philosophy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004351042 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |