TY - BOOK AU - Benardete,José A. TI - Greatness of soul: in Hume, Aristotle and Hobbes as shadowed by Milton's Satan SN - 9781443865555 AV - B491.E7 B46 2013eb U1 - 320.092 PY - 2013/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Aristotle. KW - Hume, David, KW - Hobbes, Thomas, KW - Milton, John, KW - Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle) KW - fast KW - Paradise lost (Milton, John) KW - Magnanimity KW - Philosophy of mind KW - Devil in literature KW - Magnanimité KW - Philosophie de l'esprit KW - Démon dans la littérature KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - Government KW - General KW - National KW - Reference KW - Ethics N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Milton and Hume -- "Leashed in like hounds" -- Ingratitude -- Pride -- Hume's about-face -- A fresh start : Hobbes -- Glory and honor in Hobbes -- Julius Caesar -- The ring of Gyges -- Megalo Junior and the wisdom of life -- Ostracism -- Conclusion -- The simle of Achilles and Milton's eve : an epilogue N2 - "Featuring a Nietzschean paragraph from Hume that smacks of Milton's Satan, these pages also register how 'claws and teeth' figure in Aristotle's Greatness of Soul, and leave Hobbes to pose a still deeper challenge in the same vein. With poets, led by Milton, almost as thick underfoot as philosophers, we are given a glimpse of what a classical education might look like."--ProQuest Ebook Central UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=827558 ER -