THE MORAL MAN IN DIMITRIE CANTEMIR'S VISION (PART 2)
What we intend to illustrate is what kind of human prototype Dimitrie Cantemir built in his work, taking Plato1, the Greek philosopher, as his cultural model. From this perspective, a consistent advocacy for knowledge and truth is the foundation of the whole “moral edifice” especially dedicated by Cantemir in the Sentences (Sententii). Cantemir’s work is an invitation to self-knowledge, thereby contributing to the education of the Romanian human nature.
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