{"product_id":"plutarchs-practical-ethics","title":"Plutarch's Practical Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Second Sophistic (c.AD 60-250) was a time of intense competition for honour and status. Like today, this often caused mental as well as physical stress for the elite of the Roman Empire. This book, which transcends the boundaries between literature, social history, and philosophy, studies Plutarch's practical ethics, a group of twenty-odd texts within the Moralia  designed to help powerful Greeks and Romans manage their ambitions and society's\n\u003cbr\u003eexpectations successfully. Lieve Van Hoof combines a systematic analysis of the general principles underlying Plutarch's practical ethics, including the author's target readership, therapeutical practices, and\n\u003cbr\u003eself-presentation, with five innovative case studies. A picture emerges of philosophy under the Roman Empire not as a set of abstract, theoretical doctrines, but as a kind of symbolic capital engendering power and prestige for author and reader alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156689481966,"sku":"9780199583263","price":298.57,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199583263.jpg?v=1706243571","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/plutarchs-practical-ethics","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}