Beauty, nobility, and desire: Ideals of gentlemanliness and the male body in Confucius and Plato
Both Plato and Confucius were deeply concerned with moral cultivation and political leadership, topics that were inherently gendered in ancient patriarchal societies. I show that both thinkers focused their discussions on concepts that were associated with male aristocratic ideals of gentlemanliness...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Asian philosophy
Year: 2025, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 58-75 |
| Further subjects: | B
Beauty
B Masculinity B Confucius B Desire B Plato B Gender |
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