Virtues of Greatness in the Arabic Tradition

by Sophia Vasalou

There are few ideals of character as distinctive and divisive as the ancient virtue of 'greatness of soul'. A larger-than-life virtue embodying nothing less than a vision of human greatness, it has often been seen as a relic of the Homeric world and its honour-loving heroes. In philosophy, it found its most celebrated expression in Aristotle's ethics, and it has lived on in the minds of philosophers and theologians in different forms ever since. Yet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198842821
• ISBN13: 9780198842828
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.6"