Virtue, Happiness, Knowledge

Virtue, Happiness, Knowledge
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9780192549372
ISBN-13 : 0192549375
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Book Synopsis Virtue, Happiness, Knowledge by : David O. Brink

Download or read book Virtue, Happiness, Knowledge written by David O. Brink and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen leading philosophers explore a set of themes from the pioneering work of Gail Fine and Terence Irwin, in ancient philosophy but also in later periods and in systematic philosophy. The contributors discuss knowledge, rhetoric, freedom and practical reason, virtue and the good life, ethics and politics in Plato and Aristotle and beyond. The editors offer an introduction charting the scholarly contributions of Fine and Irwin and assessing their individual and joint impact, together with a complete bibliography of their writings.


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