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Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century

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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
Subjects:
Literature: history & criticism
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
European history
Society & culture: general
Media studies
Films, cinema
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