Diatribe and Plutarch's practical ethics

This dissertation concerns two aspects of Plutarch’s ethics that have received relatively little attention: the link between his metaphysics and ethics, and Plutarch’s use of diatribe, a rhetorical style primarily associated with Stoics and Cynics, as a means of targeting a wider audience of educate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burns, Aaron
Other Authors: Finamore, John F., 1951-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2015
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1832
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5889&context=etd