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Greatness of soul : in Hume, Aristotle and Hobbes as shadowed by Milton's Satan / by José A. Benardete.

"Featuring a Nietzschean paragraph from Hume that smacks of Milton's Satan, these pages also register how 'claws and teeth' figure in Aristotle's Greatness of Soul, and leave Hobbes to pose a still deeper challenge in the same vein. With poets, led by Milton, almost as thick...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Benardete, José A. (José Amado) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Subjects:
Aristotle. > Nicomachean ethics.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776 > Ethics.
Hobbes, Thomas, > 1588-1679 > Ethics.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674. > Paradise lost.
Magnanimity.
Philosophy of mind.
Devil in literature.
Hobbes, Thomas, > 1588-1679.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776.
Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle)
Paradise lost (Milton, John)
Ethics.
Table of Contents:
  • Milton and Hume
  • "Leashed in like hounds"
  • Ingratitude
  • Pride
  • Hume's about-face
  • A fresh start : Hobbes
  • Glory and honor in Hobbes
  • Julius Caesar
  • The ring of Gyges
  • Megalo Junior and the wisdom of life
  • Ostracism
  • Conclusion
  • The simle of Achilles and Milton's eve : an epilogue.

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