Open AccessΑρετη w przekazach przedchrześcijańskich. Zarys zagadnienia
Author(s) -
Bru Zgraja
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
vox patrum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-3586
pISSN - 0860-9411
DOI - 10.31743/vp.4367
Subject(s) - possession (linguistics) , meaning (existential) , politics , sociology , aesthetics , humanities , law , art , philosophy , political science , epistemology , linguistics
This article presents the development of the meaning of arete in the sources from Homer to Albinus (VIII B.C. - II A.D.), which, together with changes happening in the economical, social, political and cultural life of the ancient Greece, began to mean all that gives to a person or to a thing a special value: a bodilly one, a practical, moral and intellectual one. Moreover, the way leading to achievement of arete, as well as the values resulting from its possession, has been presented.