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Greek religion as it is currently understood probably resulted from the mingling of religious beliefs and practices between the incoming Greek-speaking peoples who arrived from the north during the 2nd millennium bce and the indigenous inhabitants whom they called Pelasgi.
24 Ιαν 2023 · In the ancient Greek concept of virtue, a virtuous person is living excellently, meaning they live a full, productive, happy human life. This concept was important for morality in ancient Greece and was the foundation for a philosophy known as virtue ethics.
3 Αυγ 2004 · By contrast, ancient moral theory explains morality in terms that focus on the moral agent. These thinkers are interested in what constitutes, e.g., a just person. They are concerned about the state of mind and character, the set of values, the attitudes to oneself and to others, and the conception of one’s own place in the common life of a ...
9 Ιαν 2021 · Eudaimonia (generally translated as “happiness,” “flourishing,” or “well-being”) is a key concept in ancient Greek ethical and political philosophy. This chapter explores eudaimonic well-being insights from the Greek wisdom...
15 Ιαν 2003 · This entry will discuss “moral character” in the Greek sense of having or lacking moral virtue. If someone lacks virtue, she may have any of several moral vices, or she may be characterized by a condition somewhere in between virtue and vice, such as continence or incontinence.
THE LIFE WORTH LIVING IN ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY e account of the best life for humans i.e. a happy or ourishing life and what it might consist of was the central theme of ancient ethics. But what does it take to have a life that, if not happy, is at least worth living, compared with being dead or never having come into life?
Ancient Ethics. Ethical reflection in ancient Greece and Rome starts from all of an agent’s ends or goals and tries to systematize them. Our ends are diverse. We typically want, among other things, material comfort, health, respect from peers and love from friends and family, successful children, healthy emotional lives, and intellectual ...
