Historical aretology of science: Herman Paul on scholarly virtues and value horizons of historians from Antiquity to the present day
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Abstract
A review of: Paul, H. (2022). Historians’ virtues: From Antiquity to the twenty-first century. Cambridge Univ. Press. 66 pp. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108993067.
About the Author
A. A. Pleshkov
Free University of Brussels (ULB)
Belgium
Belgium
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Pleshkov, Cand. Sci. (Philosophy) Research Fellow, Philosophy Research Center (PHI), Solidarity Fund Postdoctoral Fellow
1050, Brussels, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 50
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Pleshkov A.A. Historical aretology of science: Herman Paul on scholarly virtues and value horizons of historians from Antiquity to the present day. Shagi / Steps. 2025;11(2):347-364. (In Russ.) EDN: ZNGCCY
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