Stoic virtues : Chrysippus and the theological foundations of stoic ethics /: Chrysippus and the theological foundations of stoic ethics. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christoph Jedan.
• Other Names: Jedan, Christoph
• Contents: A religious world-view -- Stoic corporealism -- Stoic theology -- Two pictures of fate -- Virtue and the virtues -- Definitions of virtue -- Chrysippus: characterisation of virtue as perfect state -- Virtue as consistent character -- The virtues as epistmai -- The virtues, different yet inseparable -- The difference between the virtues -- The inseparability of the virtues -- A catalogue of virtues -- Ethical virtues additional (generic) virtues -- The openness of Chrysippus catalogue of virtues -- Becoming virtuous -- Vice and the attainability of virtue -- Initiation -- Virtue and happiness -- Practices of virtue -- Law and rules -- Law -- Rules and Kathkonta -- Stoic practical reasoning -- The single Kathkon and the versatility of stoic prescriptions.
• Publisher Details: London : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (244 pages)
• Subjects: 171.2; Ethics & moral philosophy; Theology; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Religion -- Theology; Philosophy -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Stoics; Virtue; Virtues
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441121721; 1441121722
• Related ISBNs: 9781441197948
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.