The Resource Putting on virtue : the legacy of the splendid vices, Jennifer A. Herdt
Putting on virtue : the legacy of the splendid vices, Jennifer A. Herdt
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- Summary
- Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This critique has reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true Christian virtue has, ever since, been set against a false, hypocritical virtue alleged merely to conceal pride. Putting On Virtue reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. Jennifer Herdt develops her claims through an argument of broad historical sweep, which brings together the Aristotelian tradition as take
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 454 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Part I: Splendid vices and imperfect virtues
- Aristotle and the puzzles of habituation
- Augustine : disordered loves and the problem of pride
- Aquinas : making space for pagan virtue
- Part II: Mimetic virtue
- Erasmus : putting on Christ
- The Jesuit theatrical tradition : acting virtuous
- Part III: The exodus from virtue
- Luther : saved hypocrites
- Bunyan and Puritan life-writing : the virtue of self-examination
- Part IV: The anatomy of virtue
- Jesuits and Jansenists : Gracián and Pascal
- Emancipating worldly virtue : Nicole, La Rochefoucauld, and Mandeville
- Part V: Pagan virtue and modern moral philosophy
- Rousseau and the virtue of authenticity
- Hume and the bourgeois rehabilitation of pride
- Kant and the pursuit of noumenal purity
- Isbn
- 9780226327259
- Label
- Putting on virtue : the legacy of the splendid vices
- Title
- Putting on virtue
- Title remainder
- the legacy of the splendid vices
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer A. Herdt
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Augustine famously claimed that the virtues of pagan Rome were nothing more than splendid vices. This critique has reinvented itself as a suspicion of acquired virtue as such, and true Christian virtue has, ever since, been set against a false, hypocritical virtue alleged merely to conceal pride. Putting On Virtue reveals how a distrust of learned and habituated virtue shaped both early modern Christian moral reflection and secular forms of ethical thought. Jennifer Herdt develops her claims through an argument of broad historical sweep, which brings together the Aristotelian tradition as take
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Herdt, Jennifer A.
- Dewey number
- 179/.9
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BV4633
- LC item number
- .H47 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Virtue
- Imitation
- Christian ethics
- Ethics
- SELF-HELP
- Christian ethics
- Ethics
- Imitation
- Virtue
- Label
- Putting on virtue : the legacy of the splendid vices, Jennifer A. Herdt
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-431) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I: Splendid vices and imperfect virtues -- Aristotle and the puzzles of habituation -- Augustine : disordered loves and the problem of pride -- Aquinas : making space for pagan virtue -- Part II: Mimetic virtue -- Erasmus : putting on Christ -- The Jesuit theatrical tradition : acting virtuous -- Part III: The exodus from virtue -- Luther : saved hypocrites -- Bunyan and Puritan life-writing : the virtue of self-examination -- Part IV: The anatomy of virtue -- Jesuits and Jansenists : Gracián and Pascal -- Emancipating worldly virtue : Nicole, La Rochefoucauld, and Mandeville -- Part V: Pagan virtue and modern moral philosophy -- Rousseau and the virtue of authenticity -- Hume and the bourgeois rehabilitation of pride -- Kant and the pursuit of noumenal purity
- Control code
- 435816403
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 454 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226327259
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)435816403
- Label
- Putting on virtue : the legacy of the splendid vices, Jennifer A. Herdt
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-431) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I: Splendid vices and imperfect virtues -- Aristotle and the puzzles of habituation -- Augustine : disordered loves and the problem of pride -- Aquinas : making space for pagan virtue -- Part II: Mimetic virtue -- Erasmus : putting on Christ -- The Jesuit theatrical tradition : acting virtuous -- Part III: The exodus from virtue -- Luther : saved hypocrites -- Bunyan and Puritan life-writing : the virtue of self-examination -- Part IV: The anatomy of virtue -- Jesuits and Jansenists : Gracián and Pascal -- Emancipating worldly virtue : Nicole, La Rochefoucauld, and Mandeville -- Part V: Pagan virtue and modern moral philosophy -- Rousseau and the virtue of authenticity -- Hume and the bourgeois rehabilitation of pride -- Kant and the pursuit of noumenal purity
- Control code
- 435816403
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 454 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226327259
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)435816403
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