{"product_id":"9789042925397","title":"The Lash of Ambition : Plutarch, Imperial Greek Literature and the Dynamics of Philotimia (Collection d'Études Classiques)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, various aspects of Plutarch's view of 'philotimia' are \n\u003cbr\u003e analysed in detail and compared with the position of several authors of \n\u003cbr\u003e the 'Second Sophistic'. This confrontation challenges the often implicit \n\u003cbr\u003e and unquestioned consensus that Plutarch occupies as a singular figure \n\u003cbr\u003e 'his own space' apart from the 'Second Sophistic'.\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e The broad approach and focus of this volume includes problems of textual \n\u003cbr\u003e criticism, comparative analysis, careful semantic studies of the \n\u003cbr\u003e occurrences of the term 'philotimia' in the different authors, \n\u003cbr\u003e moral-philosophical reflection on ambition, a study of philosophy as a \n\u003cbr\u003e field of honour, and the dynamics of the author's own 'philotimia' \n\u003cbr\u003e placed in the contemporary cultural context.\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e The novel assessments of the different authors that are presented in \n\u003cbr\u003e this collection contribute to a proper understanding of their own \n\u003cbr\u003e (rhetorical\/philosophical) culture and of their cultural environment. As \n\u003cbr\u003e a result, the monograph will be of interest to those studying Plutarch \n\u003cbr\u003e and the history of philosophy, rhetoric and the 'Second Sophistic'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peeters Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48997858771179,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":152.35,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9789042925397","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}