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Philodemus, on property management / translated with an introduction and notes by Voula Tsouna.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Philodemus.
- Series:
- Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; v. 33.
- Society of Biblical Literature writings from the Greco-Roman world ; no. 33
- Standardized Title:
- Peri oikonomias. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philodemus, approximately 110 B.C.-approximately 40 B.C. Peri oikonomias.
- Philodemus.
- Philodemus, approximately 110 B.C.-approximately 40 B.C--Translations into English.
- Property--Moral and ethical aspects--Early works to 1800.
- Property.
- Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects--Early works to 1800.
- Wealth.
- Epicureans (Greek philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- xlv, 125 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- On property management
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Philodemus was an important Epicurean philosopher active in southern Italy in the first century B.C.E. His treatise On Property Management, whose surviving part is completely translated here into English for the first time, focuses primarily on the vices or virtues involved in the acquisition and preservation of property and wealth. The extant remains of the work contain the most extensive and thorough treatment of property management found in any Hellenistic author. Philodemus criticizes rival writings by Xenophon and Theophrastus on the subject of oikonomia, or property management, and defends his own Epicurean views on the topic. More systematic and philosophical than rival approaches, the treatise clarifies many moral issues pertaining to the possession and preservation of property and wealth and provides plausible answers to a cluster of moral questions. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Text and Translation
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index Verborum.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589836679
- 1589836677
- 9781589836686
- 1589836685
- OCLC:
- 853455297
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb32035 hdl
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