This paper explores how the Homeric conception of courage forms part of the reputable views, ta endoxa, that inform Aristotle’s discussion of courage in the Nicomachean Ethics. It shows how Aristotle responds to the Homeric idea of courage and how he appropriates Homer to elucidate his own conception of genuine andreia.
Mantzouranis, Kleanthis (2016). A Philosophical Reception of Homer: Homeric Courage in Aristotles Discussion of ἀνδρεία. Berlin : de Gruyter [10.1515/9783110479799-011].
A Philosophical Reception of Homer: Homeric Courage in Aristotles Discussion of ἀνδρεία
Mantzouranis Kleanthis
2016
Abstract
This paper explores how the Homeric conception of courage forms part of the reputable views, ta endoxa, that inform Aristotle’s discussion of courage in the Nicomachean Ethics. It shows how Aristotle responds to the Homeric idea of courage and how he appropriates Homer to elucidate his own conception of genuine andreia.File in questo prodotto:
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