The character sketch as philosophy : manners, mores, types /

"Katie Ebner-Landy shows that early modern Europeans, inspired by the ancient philosopher Theophrastus, embraced the character sketch as a source of moral and political education. Yet Enlightenment thinkers spurned this genre in favor of elaborating principles, thereby helping to drive a wedge...

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Main Author:	Ebner-Landy, Katie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2025.
Subjects:	Theophrastus. > Characters. Characters (Theophrastus) Character. Character sketches. Characters and characteristics. Caractère. Portraits (Littérature) Caractérologie. Character Character sketches Characters and characteristics