Virtues for the people

aspects of Plutarchan ethics

Plutarch of Chaeronea, Platonist, polymath, and prolific writer, was by no means an armchair philosopher. He believed in the necessity for a philosopher to affect the lives of his fellow citizens. That urge inspired many of his writings to meet what he considered people's true needs. Although these writings on practical ethics illustrate in various ways Plutarch's authorial talents and raise many challenging questions (regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying philosophical...

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niet gecodeerde talen | 320 pagina's (PDF, 1,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Paganism in the Middle Ages

threat and fascination

Interdisciplinary study of pagan culture from late antiquity to the emergent Renaissance. In this volume the persistence, resurgence, threat, fascination, and repression of various forms of pagan culture are studied in an interdisciplinary perspective from late antiquity to the emergent Renaissance. Contributions deal with the survival of pagan beliefs and practices, as well as with the Christianization of pagan rural populations or with the different strategies of oppression of pagan beliefs. The...

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niet gecodeerde talen | 250 pagina's (PDF, 11 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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M.J. Wolters Notice historique sur l'ancien comté de Hornes et sur les anciennes seigneuries de Weert, Wessem, Ghoor et Kessenich

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niet gecodeerde talen | 322 pagina's | Stichting Historisch Onderzoek Weert, Weert | 2006

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