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  1. Wounded heroes
    vulnerability as a virtue in ancient Greek literature and philosophy
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    McCoy examines how Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy offer important insights into the nature of human vulnerability especially how Greek thought extols the recognition and proper acceptance of vulnerability. Beginning with the literary works of... more

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    McCoy examines how Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy offer important insights into the nature of human vulnerability especially how Greek thought extols the recognition and proper acceptance of vulnerability. Beginning with the literary works of Homer and Sophocles, she also expands her analysis to the philosophical works of Plato and Aristotle Woundedness, Narrative, and Community in the Iliad --Oedipus and Theseus at the Crossroads --Pity as a Civic Virtue in Sophocles' Philoctetes --Wounding and Wisdom in Plato's Gorgias --Eros, Woundedness, and Creativity in Plato's Symposium --Friendship and Moral Failure in Aristotle's Ethics --Tragedy, Katharsis, and Community in Aristotle's Poetics --Conclusion.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0191653411; 9780191653414
    Subjects: Philosophy, Ancient; Greek literature; LITERARY CRITICISM ; Ancient & Classical; Greek literature; Philosophy, Ancient; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (247 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

  2. Wounded heroes
    vulnerability as a virtue in ancient Greek literature and philosophy
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0191653411; 0191757322; 9780191653414; 9780191757327; 9780199672783
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical; Greek literature; Philosophy, Ancient; Greek literature; Philosophy, Ancient; Griechisch; Philosophie; Verwundbarkeit; Literatur
    Scope: 1 online resource (247 pages)
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    McCoy examines how Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy offer important insights into the nature of human vulnerability especially how Greek thought extols the recognition and proper acceptance of vulnerability. Beginning with the literary works of Homer and Sophocles, she also expands her analysis to the philosophical works of Plato and Aristotle