Disguised vices : theories of virtue in early modern French thought

Disguised vices : theories of virtue in early modern French thought / Michael Moriarty.

The notions of virtue and vice are essential components of the Western ethical tradition. But in early modern France they were called into question, as writers, most famously La Rochefoucauld, argued that what appears as virtue is in fact disguised vice: people carry out praiseworthy deeds because t...

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Main Author: Moriarty, Michael, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
La Rochefoucauld, François, > duc de, > 1613-1680.
La Rochefoucauld, François, > duc de, > 1613-1680
1600-1699
Virtue.
Vice.
Philosophy, French > 17th century.
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Philosophy, French
Vice
Virtue
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Note on Translations and References; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Ancient Virtue; 3. Augustine on Pagan Virtue; 4. Aquinas on Pagan Virtue; 5. The Reformation; 6. Counter-Reformation Theologians; 7. Montaigne, Charron, Descartes; 8. The Inauthenticity of Pagan Virtue I: Jansenius; 9. Defending Virtue: Sirmond and La Mothe Le Vayer; 10. The Inauthenticity of Pagan Virtue II; 11. Pierre Nicole: The Psychology of the Virtues; 12. Reading La Rochefoucauld; 13. From Pagan Virtue to Human Virtue: Jacques Esprit; 14. La Rochefoucauld: The Reduction of the Virtues.

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