Virtues of Greatness in the Arabic Tradition

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Virtues of Greatness in the Arabic Tradition
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: Greatness of Soul: The Reception of an Ancient Virtue
	Ancient Approaches: One Virtue, Many Configurations
	Arabic Approaches: Defining a Virtue
	The Ethics of Honour and Self-Esteem: Miskawayh
	The Ethics of Honour and Self-Esteem: Al-Ghazālī
	An Ethical Conflict and its Eclipse
	Concluding Remarks
2: Greatness of Spirit: The Transfiguration of Heroic Virtue
	Philosophical Handbooks: Aspiring to the Greatest Things
	Mirrors for Princes: A Virtue Fit for the Great
	The Genealogy of a Virtue Between Greek and Persian Ethics
	Pre-Islamic Arab Culture and the Virtues of Heroes
	Broader Perspectives
Postlude: A Living Virtue?
	Situating Greatness of Spirit: A Second-Order Virtue?
	Emulation, Aspiration, Self-Reference
	Schematizing a Defence
Bibliography
Index