THE VIRTUE OF MAGNANIMITY IN THE WORKS OF ARISTOTLE, DESCARTES AND NIETZSCHE: EPICTEMOLOGICAL ASPECT

The scope of the study is the virtue of magnanimity that reveals not only a moral but also an epistemological dimension in the context of the history of philosophy. The paper analyzes the actualization of this virtue in the works of Aristotle, Descartes and Nietzsche, where it appears at the interse...

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Published in:	Дискурс
Main Author:	D. S. Popov
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University 2018-04-01
Subjects:	epistemic virtues magnanimity greatness of soul pursuit of the truth academic humility critical thinking
Online Access:	https://discourse.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/166

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