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Disguised Vices - Theories of Virtue in Early Modern French Thought (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R5,657
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Disguised Vices - Theories of Virtue in Early Modern French Thought (Hardcover, New): Michael Moriarty

Disguised Vices - Theories of Virtue in Early Modern French Thought (Hardcover, New)

Michael Moriarty

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The notions of virtue and vice are essential components of the Western ethical tradition. But in early modern France they were called into question, as writers, most famously La Rochefoucauld, argued that what appears as virtue is in fact disguised vice: people carry out praiseworthy deeds because they stand to gain in some way; they deserve no credit for their behaviour because they have no control over it; they are governed by feelings and motives of which they may not be aware. Disguised Vices analyses the underlying logic of these arguments, and investigates what is at stake in them. It traces the arguments back to their sources in earlier writers, showing how ancient philosophers, particularly Aristotle and Seneca, formulated the distinction between behaviour that counts as virtuous and behaviour that only seems so. It explains how St Augustine reinterpreted the distinction in the light of the difference between pagans and Christians, and how medieval and early modern theologians strove to reconcile Augustine's position with that of Aristotle. It examines the restatement of Augustine's position by his hard-line early modern followers (especially the Jansenists), and the controversy to which this gave rise. Finally, it examines La Rochefoucauld's critique of virtue and assesses the extent of its links with the Augustinian current of thought.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2011
First published: November 2011
Authors: Michael Moriarty
Dimensions: 240 x 172 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 420
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-958937-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
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LSN: 0-19-958937-2
Barcode: 9780199589371

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