Author: Eikeland, Olav.
Title: The Ways of Aristotle: Aristotelian Phronesis, Aristotelian Philosophy of Dialogue, and Action Research [Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education].
Description: Bern Peter Lang, 2008. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, few faint marks fore-edge & bottom edge, minor edgewear corners. 560 pp. Norwegian philosophy and worklife professor Olav Eikeland provides a well-researched study of Aristotle's phronesis (a type of wisdom relevant to practical action) and its applications to the fields of Ancient Greek personal development, character formation and ethical virtues. It also relates phronesis to the wider context of Aristotle's theoretical philosophy, and of his different ways of knowing, and to both theoretical and practical concerns within modern social and action research. ISBN: 9783039114719

Keywords: philosophy, rhetoric, argument, wisdom, ethics, ancient history, communication, language, public speaking, research, europe, ancient greece 9783039114719


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