Putting on virtue: the legacy of the splendid vices

Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This critique reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true Christian virtue has, ever since, been set against a false, hypocritical virtue alleged merely to conceal pride. Puttin...

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1. Verfasser: Herdt, Jennifer A. 1967- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago ; London The University of Chicago Press 2008
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Zusammenfassung:Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This critique reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true Christian virtue has, ever since, been set against a false, hypocritical virtue alleged merely to conceal pride. Putting On Virtue reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought.  Jennifer Herdt develops her claims through an argument of broad historical sweep, which brings together the ...
Beschreibung:xi, 454 Seiten
ISBN:9780226327242
0226327248

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