Skill in Ancient Ethics

Illustrating the centrality of skill within ancient ethics including Socrates' search for expertise in virtue the <i>Republic's</i>'craft of justice' Aristotle's delineation of the <i>politike techne </i>the Stoics' 'art of life' and ancient Chinese ethics this collection shows how<i></i>skill has been an ethical touchstone from the beginning of philosophical thought.<br/><br/>Divided into six sections - on Plato Aristotle the Stoics Mencius and Xunzi the Mohists and Zhuangzi and comparative perspectives - world-leading philosophers explore the significance of skill according to traditional figures as well as lesser-known philosophers such as Carneades and Antipater and texts such as the <i>Zhuangzi.</i>In doing so the seventeen contributors illustrate how skill expertise and 'know how' are essential to and foundational within ancient ethical thought.<br/> <br/> As the first collection to foreground skill as central to ancient Greek Roman and Chinese ethics this is an essential resource for anyone interested in the value of cross-cultural philosophy today.