Virtues of Greatness in the Arabic Tradition

ISBN: 9780198842828 出版年：2019 页码：178 Sophia Vasalou Oxford University Press

Sophia Vasalou investigates the 'virtues of greatness' in the Islamic world. Examining the virtue of magnanimity in ancient philosophical ethics and the 'greatness of spirit' in the Arabic tradition, she traces the genealogy of these ideals, explores the influences that shaped them, and highlights the contemporary relevance of these ideals.