Delusions of Invulnerability: Wisdom and Morality in Ancient Greece, China and Today

by G.E.R. Lloyd

How were the aims of philosophy and the responsibilities of philosophers conceived in ancient Greece and China? How were the learned elite recruited and controlled; how were their speculations and advice influenced by the different types of audiences they faced and the institutions in which they worked? How was a yearning for invulnerability reconciled with a sense of human frailty? In each chapter of this fascinating analysis ancient Greek and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715633864
• ISBN13: 9780715633861
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"