About Constant Martha
Lived 1820 – 1895 (aged 74). Constant Martha was a French philologist, french moralist and historian.
Benjamin-Constant Martha, also known under the name Constant Martha, (1820–1895) was a 19th-century French moralist and historian of ancient morality.
A graduate of the École normale supérieure, agrégé de lettres and docteur ès lettres, he was professor of literature at the lycée de Strasbourg, then held the chair of Latin eloquence at the Sorbonne and professor at the Collège de France. He was elected a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques in 1872.
He was Jules Martha's father and Paul Girard's stepfather.
Publications 1854: De la Morale pratique dans les lettres de Sénèque (thesis) online 1854: Dionis philosophantis effigies (thèse complémentaire en latin) 1854: De la Morale pratique dans les lettres de Sénèque 1865: Les Moralistes sous l'Empire romain, philosophes et poètes Includes La morale pratique dans les lettres de Sénèque. Un Poète stoïcien - Persia. La Vertu stoïque - Epictetus. L'Examen de conscience d'un empereur romain - Marcus Aurelius. La Prédication morale populaire - Dio Chrysostom. La Société romaine - Juvenal. Le Scepticisme religieux et philosophique - Lucian. 1866: Les Sophistes grecs dans l’Empire romain 1869: Le Poème de Lucrèce : morale, religion, science Read online 1883: Études morales sur l'antiquité. Includes: L'Éloge funèbre chez les Romains. Le Philosophe Carneades à Rome. Les Consolations dans l'Antiquité. L'Examen de conscience chez les anciens. Un Chrétien devenu paĭen. Un Paĭen devenu chrétien. 1884: La Délicatesse dans l'art 1896: Mélanges de littérature ancienne Incledes: L'Éducation des femmes grecques. Pindar. Les Romains à la comédie. Cicero and Lucretius. Augustus et les lettres. Sénèque.
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Who was Constant Martha?
French philologist (1820-1895)
When was Constant Martha born?
Constant Martha was born on 4 June 1820 in Strasbourg.
When did Constant Martha die?
Constant Martha died on 30 May 1895 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
What was Constant Martha's occupation?
Constant Martha was a philologist, french moralist and historian.
What nationality was Constant Martha?
Constant Martha was French.
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· DBpedia: Benjamin-Constant Martha
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