The Field Of Ancient Greek Ethics Is Increasingly Emerging As A Major Branch Of Philosophical Enquiry, And Students And Scholars Of Ancient Philosophy Will Find This Companion To Be A Rich And Invaluable Guide To The Themes And Movements Which Characterised The Discipline From The Pre-socratics To The Neo-platonists. Several Chapters Are Dedicated To The Central Figures Of Plato And Aristotle, And Others Explore The Ethical Thought Of The Stoics, The Epicureans, The Skeptics, And Plotinus. Further Chapters Examine Important Themes That Cut Across These Schools, Including Virtue And Happiness, Friendship, Elitism, Impartiality, And The Relationship Between Ancient Eudaimonism And Modern Morality. Written By Leading Scholars And Drawing On Cutting-edge Research To Illuminate The Questions Of Ancient Ethics, The Book Will Provide Students And Specialists With An Indispensable Critical Overview Of The Full Range Of Ancient Greek Ethics. Part I : Origins -- What Is Pre-socratic Ethics? / André Laks -- The Historical Socrates / David Conan Wolfsdorf -- Part Ii : Plato -- Virtue And Happiness In Plato / Daniel Devereux -- Plato's Ethical Psychology / Rachana Kamtekar -- Plato On Love And Friendship / Frisbee Sheffield -- Part Iii : Aristotle -- Aristotle On Virtue And Happiness / David Charles -- Aristotle's Ethical Psychology / Jessica Moss -- Aristotle On Love And Friendship / Corinne A. Gartner -- Part Iv : The Hellenistics And Beyond -- Epicurus And The Epicureans On Ethics / Raphael Woolf -- The Stoics On Virtue And Happiness / Katja Maria Vogt -- The Stoics' Ethical Psychology / Margaret Graver -- Skeptical Ethics / Luca Castagnoli -- Ethics In Plotinus And His Successors / Dominic J. O'meara -- Part V : Themes -- Ancient Eudaimonism And Modern Morality / Julia Annas -- Partiality And Impartiality In Ancient Ethics / Richard Kraut -- Elitism In Plato And Aristotle / Christopher Bobonich -- Becoming Godlike / David Sedley -- Horace And Practical Philosophy / Terence Irwin. Edited By Christopher Bobonich. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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To be free and French : citizenship in France's Atlantic empire

Cambridge Companion to Ancient Ethics (9781108511773)

Christopher Bobonich, 1960-

Lorelle D. Semley

Cambridge Library Collection

Cambridge companions to philosophy, Cambridge United Kingdom ; New York NY USA, 2017

Critical perspectives on empire, Cambridge United Kingdom ; New York NY, 2017

Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Newark, 2017

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Jul 14, 2017

Source title: The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Ethics (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

The Haitian Revolution May Have Galvanized Subjects Of French Empire In The Americas And Africa Struggling To Define Freedom And 'frenchness' For Themselves, But Lorelle Semley Reveals That This Event Was Just One Moment In A Longer Struggle Of Women And Men Of Colour For Rights Under The French Colonial Regime. Through Political Activism Ranging From Armed Struggle To Literary Expression, These Colonial Subjects Challenged And Exploited Promises In French Republican Rhetoric That Should Have Contradicted The Continued Use Of Slavery In The Americas And The Introduction Of Exploitative Labour In The Colonisation Of Africa--provided By Publisher. Preface: Coincidental Crossings -- Part I: Revolutionary Foundations -- Prologue: Citizens Of The World -- To Live And Die, Free And French -- Signares Before Citizens -- Part Ii: Colonial Constructions -- When Blacks Broke The Chains In The Little Paris Of The Antilles -- The Trans-african Origins Of Porto-novo -- An Evolution Revolution In Paris -- Part Iii: Planning After Empire -- A More Perfect French Union -- Epilogue: The Art Of Citizenship. Lorelle Semley, College Of The Holy Cross, Massachusetts. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 321-348) And Index.

2022-03-08