Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century

This book argues that premodern societies were characterized by the quest for "virtue." The concept of virtue, complicated and much fought-over, permeated society, encouraging wisdom, courage, and justice, while simultaneously legitimizing social hierarchies based on sex and nationality. B...

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Other Authors: Hellerstedt, Andreas (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2018
Series:Knowledge Communities
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