Plutarch: Volume 47

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-009-10822-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 47, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Reihe: New Surveys in the Classics

Plutarch of Chaeronea is one of the most influential and fascinating authors of antiquity. His Parallel Lives and Moralia are storehouses of challenging questions, valuable insights and interesting observations. Moreover, they contain a wealth of quotations from and references to earlier writers and traditions, and thus provide one of the richest gateways to the ancient world. This book introduces the reader to Plutarch's life and to the different facets of his variegated thinking and writing, such as his tremendous erudition, his Platonism and (moral) philosophy, his interpretation of history and his view of God. Above all, Plutarch stands out as a particularly clever and subtle thinker, driven by a spirit of painstaking enquiry (zetesis) that shows authentic and impressive intellectual honesty and sincere love of the truth. In this respect, as in many others, he remains an inspiring model even for us today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roskam, Geert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; 1. Plutarch's life; 2. Looking for the truth: Plutarch as an open-minded Platonist; 3. Learning in abundance: the ramifications of Plutarch's erudition; 4. The complicated path to virtue: Plutarch's ethical thinking; 5. History as matter for philosophy: the Parallel Lives; 6. A close encounter with the Parallel Lives: two case studies; 7. Reason as a mystagogue: Plutarch's view of God; List of Plutarch's works; Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Roskam, Geert
Geert Roskam is professor of Greek Studies at the University of Leuven. He is the author of many articles and edited volumes on ancient philosophy and of On the Path to Virtue: The Stoic Doctrine of Moral Progress and its Reception in (Middle-)Platonism (2005), Live Unnoticed: On the Vicissitudes of an Epicurean Doctrine (2007), A Commentary on Plutarch's De latenter vivendo (2007), and Plutarch's Maxime cum principibus philosopho esse disserendum. An Interpretation with Commentary (2009).