Ageless Arete Selected Essays from the 6th Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Hellenic Heritage of Sicily and Southern Italy

• Auteur principal: Reid, Heather (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Serrati, John (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Parnassos Press - Fonte Aretusa 2022
• Sujets: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Philosophy; Language & Literature
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Arete is a crucial concept in ancient Greek culture that defies simple translation. In general, it indicates excellence-especially of human beings, but also of animals, institutions, even objects. It is linked to important concepts such as glory, justice, truth and harmony. It influences important a...