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On the Path to Virtue: The Stoic Doctrine of Moral Progress ...

On the Path to Virtue: The Stoic Doctrine of Moral Progress ...

Geert Roskam

The Stoic Doctrine of Moral Progress and Its Reception in (middle-)Platonism Geert Roskam. RICHARDSON, W. (1957), The Plulonic Patriarchs as Nonoc, " Entf/vxo<;, in: K. Aland - F.L. Cross (ed.). Studia Patristica, Vol. I : Papers presented to ...
A Commentary on Plutarch's De Latenter Vivendo

A Commentary on Plutarch's De Latenter Vivendo

Geert Roskam

In this book, Plutarch's anti-Epicurean polemic is understood against the background of the previous philosophical tradition.
Virtues for the People: Aspects of Plutarchan Ethics

Virtues for the People: Aspects of Plutarchan Ethics

Geert Roskam

This collection of essays addresses Plutarch's writings on practical ethics from different perspectives, including regarding their overall structure, content, purpose, and underlying philosophical and social presuppositions.
Plutarch's "Maxime Cum Principibus Philosopho Esse ...

Plutarch's "Maxime Cum Principibus Philosopho Esse ...

Geert Roskam

In this short political work, Plutarch demonstrates that the philosopher should especially associate with powerful rulers in order to exert the greatest positive influence on his society and at the same time maximize his personal pleasure.
Sage and Emperor: Plutarch, Greek Intellectuals, and Roman ...

Sage and Emperor: Plutarch, Greek Intellectuals, and Roman ...

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GEERT ROSKAM Plutarch often expresses his great admiration for the "divine" Plato (De cap. ex inim. 90C; Per. 8.2), a philosopher "pre-eminent in reputation and in influence" (Quaest. conv. VII, 1, 700B). In the domain of politics, as in other  ...
A Versatile Gentleman: Consistency in Plutarch's Writing

A Versatile Gentleman: Consistency in Plutarch's Writing

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Consistency in Plutarch's Writing Jan Opsomer, Geert Roskam, Frances B. Titchener. narrating, focusing on Plutarch's literary skill as opposed to historical accuracy, observing that “Luc Van der Stockt has made an enormous contribution to ...
Genitricksling Joyce

Genitricksling Joyce

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This group is centered in Antwerp and Dublin and consists of Danis Rose, John O'Hanlon, Vincent Deane, Roland McHugh, and Geert Lernout and his students. The Americans R.J. Schork and Jorn Barger are also advocates. On the other ...
Managing Performance: International Comparisons

Managing Performance: International Comparisons

Geert Bouckaert

In this important text, the viability of performance management in public sector organizations is systematically assessed across a number of international case studies.
Denmark and Europe in the Middle Ages, c.1000–1525: Essays ...

Denmark and Europe in the Middle Ages, c.1000–1525: Essays ...

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SeeMerete Geert Andersen and JørgenRaasted, Inventar over DetKongelige Biblioteks fragmentsamling (Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 1983); EsbenAlbrectsen, MiddelalderligeHåndskriftfragmenter, aftagne fragmenter, omslag om ...
Behind the Scenes: Contemporary Bollywood Directors and ...

Behind the Scenes: Contemporary Bollywood Directors and ...

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In Sarai Reader 2, edited by Ravi S. Vasudevan, Jeebesh Bagchi, Ravi Sundaram, Monica Narula, Geert Lovink and Shuddhabrata Sengupta, 68–77. New Delhi: Sarai. Mazumdar, Ranjani. 2007. Bombay Cinema an Archive of the City.
De euro

De euro

Roel Janssen

Tielt 2006 NRC Handelsblad: Maastricht voor beginners. Amsterdam/ Rotterdam 1992 Geert Reuten, Kees Vendrik, Robert Went (red): De prijs van de euro. De gevaren van de EuroPese monetaire unie. Amsterdam 1998 André Szász: The ...
Gesprekken met mijn dode god

Gesprekken met mijn dode god

Geert van Istendael

Dit is een citaat uit een brief (5 november 1984) die mijn vader schreef aan mevrouw Giulietta Cozzi d'Agostini in Vicenza. ... muß ich schreiben? ... moet ik schrijven? ... inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te. ... onrustig is ons hart ...
New Perspectives on Arabian Nights

New Perspectives on Arabian Nights

Wen-chin Ouyang

Wen-chin Ouyang Geert Jan van Gelder. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. This book grew out of a three-year project on 'Genre Ideologies and Narrative ... Ideologies and Narrative Transformation WEN-CHIN OUYANG Acknowledgements.

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