Moral Values in the Ancient World

This book studies the pilgrimage of the Ancient World in its search for moral truth. After a brief examination of the values which dominated Homeric society and the subsequent aristocracies, the central portion of the book is an account and analysis of the moral ideas which illuminated the Greek, Roman and Hebrew worlds during the classical period. The volume discusses the cardinal virtues, the place of friendship, Plato’s love, philanthropia and the moral insights of the Jewish prophets and subsequently examines Christian love.

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Moral Values in the Ancient World

This book studies the pilgrimage of the Ancient World in its search for moral truth. After a brief examination of the values which dominated Homeric society and the subsequent aristocracies, the central portion of the book is an account and analysis of the moral ideas which illuminated the Greek, Roman and Hebrew worlds during the classical period. The volume discusses the cardinal virtues, the place of friendship, Plato’s love, philanthropia and the moral insights of the Jewish prophets and subsequently examines Christian love.

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Moral Values in the Ancient World

Moral Values in the Ancient World

by John Ferguson
Moral Values in the Ancient World

Moral Values in the Ancient World

by John Ferguson

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This book studies the pilgrimage of the Ancient World in its search for moral truth. After a brief examination of the values which dominated Homeric society and the subsequent aristocracies, the central portion of the book is an account and analysis of the moral ideas which illuminated the Greek, Roman and Hebrew worlds during the classical period. The volume discusses the cardinal virtues, the place of friendship, Plato’s love, philanthropia and the moral insights of the Jewish prophets and subsequently examines Christian love.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781315473314
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/19/2016
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Ancient Philosophy
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 258
File size: 368 KB

About the Author

John Ferguson

Table of Contents

1. The Homeric Age 2. The Values of Early Greek Society 3. The Cardinal Virtues 4. Friendship 5. Eros 6. Phialthropia 7. Homonoia 8. The Triumph of Autarcy 9. Romana virtus 10. The Virtues of a Roman Emperor 11. The Contribution of Judaism 12. Agape

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