The Role Ethics of Epictetus
Stoicism in Ordinary Life
The Role Ethics of Epictetus: Stoicism in Ordinary Life offers an original interpretation of Epictetus's ethics and how he bases his ethics on an appeal to our roles in life. Epictetus believes that every individual is the bearer of many roles from sibling to citizen and that individuals are morally good if they fulfill the obligations associated with these roles. To understand Epictetus's account of roles, scholars have often mistakenly looked backwards to Cicero's earlier and more schematic account of roles. However, for Cicero, roles are merely a tool in the service of the virtue of decorum where decorum is one of the four canonical virtue…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7391-7967-3
- EAN: 9780739179673
- Produktnummer: 21828302
- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 218 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.7 cm 494 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 494
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