Pauliina Remes

Plotinus on Self

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Plotinus, the founder of the Neoplatonic school of philosophy, conceptualises two different notions of self (or 'us'): the corporeal and the rational. Personality and imperfection mark the former, while goodness and a striving for understanding mark the latter. Dr Remes grounds the two selfhoods in deep-seated Platonic ontological commitments, following their manifestations, interrelations and sometimes uneasy coexistence in philosophical psychology, emotional therapy and ethics. Plotinus interest lies in what it means for a human being to be a temporal and a corporeal thing, yet capable of abstract and impartial reasoning, of self-government and perhaps even invulnerability. The book argues that this involves a philosophically problematic rupture within humanity which is, however, alleviated by the psychological similarities and points of contact between the two aspects of the self. The purpose of life is the cultivation of the latter aspect, the true self.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 639g
• ISBN-13: 9780521867290
• ISBN-10: 0521867290
• Artikelnr.: 21878437

Autorenporträt

Pauliina Remes is a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Endowed Structures of Selfhood: 1. Two lives, two identities: the ontological and anthropological setting
2. The conscious centre
3. The rational self and its knowledge of itself
Part II. Constructing the Self: Between the World and the Ideal: 4. Sculpting your self: self-control, self-determination and self-constitution
5. Action and other people: the self as a citizen of two communities
6. Losing the limits of the self?
Conclusion.