Armut - Arbeit - Menschenwürde. Die Euböische Rede des Dion von Prusa. Eingel., übers. u. m. interpretierenden Essays versehen v. Gustav A. Lehmann, Dorit Engster, Dorothee Gall u.a.
2012. X, 276 pages. SAPERE XIX
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Armut - Arbeit - MenschenwürdeDie Euböische Rede des Dion von Prusa
Eingel., übers. u. m. interpretierenden Essays versehen v. Gustav A. Lehmann, Dorit Engster, Dorothee Gall u.a.
[Poverty - Work - Human Dignity. Dio of Prusa‘s Euboean Oration.]Published in German. This volume contains a full translation and commentary of Dio of Prusa’s Euboean Oration, of which generally only the first part, a short narrative about the life of a hunter’s family in southern Euboea, is known. The second part of the speech, however, is at least of equal interest, because it presents a substantial social and economic program that is to ensure decent working conditions and a humane livelihood especially for the urban poor. This program is closely connected with Dio’s lifelong engagement not only as a politician in his native city of Prusa, but also as a philosophical counsellor and orator in Rome. A number of essays illuminate the literary, archaeological, ethical and sociopolitical aspects of this work and thus make it possible (for the first time) to fully appreciate its contents.
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