Wounded Heroes

Marina Berzins McCoy

earliest edition we have, 2013 Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2013

Vulnerability is not often associated with virtue. Yet to be vulnerable is central to human experience. In this book, McCoy examines ways in which Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy have important insights to offer about the nature of human vulnerability and how human beings might better come to terms with their own vulnerability. While studies of Greek heroism and virtue often focus on strength of character, prowes...

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Wounded Heroes edition · 2013 · Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9781299832879
Wounded Heroes edition · 2013 · Oxford University Press · 247 pages · 9780191653414
Wounded Heroes edition · 2013 · Oxford University Press · 246 pages · 9780199672783

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