TY  - GEN
T1  - Moral vision in the Histories of Polybius
T2  - Hellenistic culture and society ;
A1  - Eckstein, Arthur M.
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 1995
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm43477486
AB  - Arthur Eckstein's fresh and stimulating interpretation challenges the way Polybius' Histories have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even "Machiavellian" one. Polybius particularly asks for "improvement" in his audience, hoping that those who study his writings will emerge with a firm determination to live their lives nobly. Teaching by the use of moral exemplars, Polybius also tries to prove that success is not the sole standard by which human action should be judged.
OP  - 331
CN  - D58 .E35 1995eb
SN  - 9780520914698
SN  - 0520914694
SN  - 0585160279
SN  - 9780585160276
SN  - 0520085205
KW  - Polybius. : Historiae.
KW  - Polybius : Ethics.
KW  - Polybius
KW  - Historiae (Polybius)
KW  - Ethics, Ancient.
KW  - Morale ancienne.
KW  - HISTORY : Ancient : General.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Ethics, Ancient
KW  - Moraal.
KW  - History & Archaeology.
KW  - History - General.
KW  - Historiography.
KW  - Roman Empire.
ER  -