000946695 000__ 04543cam\a2200553\i\4500 000946695 001__ 946695 000946695 005__ 20210515200944.0 000946695 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000946695 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000946695 008__ 200323t20202020enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000946695 010__ $$a 2020013862 000946695 020__ $$a9781108854764$$q(electronic book) 000946695 020__ $$a1108854761$$q(electronic book) 000946695 020__ $$z9781108490740 000946695 020__ $$z9781108796392 000946695 020__ $$a9781108848282$$q(electronic book) 000946695 020__ $$a1108848281$$q(electronic book) 000946695 020__ $$z1108490743 000946695 020__ $$z1108796397 000946695 035__ $$a(DLC)EBC6408360 000946695 040__ $$aNhCcYBP$$cNhCcYBP 000946695 042__ $$apcc 000946695 050_4 $$aBJ1533.M3$$bS65 2020 000946695 08200 $$a241/.4$$223 000946695 1001_ $$aSmith, J. Warren,$$d1964-$$eauthor. 000946695 24510 $$aAmbrose, Augustine, and the pursuit of greatness /$$cJ. Warren Smith, Duke University. 000946695 264_1 $$aCambridge, United Kingdom ;$$aNew York, NY, USA :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2020. 000946695 264_4 $$c©2020 000946695 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiii, 293 pages) 000946695 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000946695 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000946695 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000946695 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000946695 5050_ $$aCover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Organization of the Book -- Part I The Problem of Greatness and the Great-Souled Man from Plato to Plutarch -- 1 Greatness of Soul: The Perfection of Classical Virtue -- Aristotle and the Heroic Virtue -- Homer's Externalized Honor -- The Rehabilitation of Heroes -- Self-Sufficiency and the Noble Soul -- The Platonic Critique -- Glaucon and the Restraint of Ambition -- From Great to Good: Odysseus' Choice -- Conclusion 000946695 5058_ $$a2 The Roman Ideal of Great-Souled Men -- Cicero: Ambition Redeemed -- Seneca: Magnitudo Animi and the Restraint of Power -- Plutarch's Magnanimous Lives -- Conclusion -- Part II Ambrose's Great-Souled Christians -- 3 Ambrose: Law, Gospel, and Exemplary Patriarchs -- Law and Gospel: Degrees of Imperfection -- Law Fulfilled in Love -- Spiritual Law and Higher Virtue -- Restoring the Faith of the Patriarchs -- Conclusion -- 4 Toward a Higher Standard of Greatness: Renarrating Perfection -- Claiming a Higher Moral High Ground -- Seneca and the Ideal of Imperial Mercy 000946695 5058_ $$aJustice, Compassion, and the Bonds of Fellowship -- The Magnanimous Compassion of Joseph -- Who Should Receive Mercy? -- Conclusion: Magnanimous Mercy Redefined -- 5 Humiliation without Shame or Resentment -- Phocion: Dishonoring a Great-Souled Man -- Toward a Psychology of Resentment -- David's Conscience -- Humility and Humiliation -- Great-Souled Humility: The Virtue of a Priest and Teacher -- Conclusion -- Part III Augustine and the Magnus Animus -- 6 Augustine: The ''Sublime Indifference'' of Greatness? -- Childhood Shame and Fears -- The Semantic Range of Magnus Animus 000946695 5058_ $$aLanguage and the Aspiration for Greatness -- Magnitudo Animi as Attachment to God -- Greatness of the Small-Souls -- Magnanimous Mercy -- Conclusion -- 7 The Witness of Death and the Witness of Conscience: Augustine and the Shaming of Roman Virtue -- Whose Crime? Whose Shame? -- Lucretia and the Witness of Death -- Magnitudo Animi or Infirmitas Mentis? -- Conscience: The Arbiter of Christian Self-Knowledge -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: The End of Virtue -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Ambrose of Milan -- Aristotle -- Augustine of Hippo -- Cicero -- Gregory of Nazianzus -- Homer -- Livy 000946695 5058_ $$aPhilo of Alexandria -- Plato -- Plutarch -- Seneca -- Tacitus -- Virgil -- Secondary Sources -- Index 000946695 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users 000946695 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bAnn Arbor, MI$$nAvailable via World Wide Web. 000946695 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 04, 2020). 000946695 60000 $$aAmbrose,$$cSaint, Bishop of Milan,$$d-397. 000946695 60000 $$aAugustine,$$cof Hippo, Saint,$$d354-430. 000946695 650_0 $$aMagnanimity. 000946695 7102_ $$aProQuest (Firm) 000946695 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSmith, J. Warren, 1964-$$tAmbrose, Augustine, and the pursuit of greatness$$dCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.$$z9781108490740$$w(DLC) 2020013861 000946695 852__ $$bebk 000946695 85640 $$3GOBI DDA$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6408360$$zOnline Access 000946695 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:946695$$pGLOBAL_SET 000946695 980__ $$aEBOOK 000946695 980__ $$aBIB 000946695 982__ $$aEbook 000946695 983__ $$aOnline