Pauliina Remes

Plotinus on Self

The Philosophy of the 'We'

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text examines Plotinus' conceptualisation of two selfhoods - corporeal and rational, their interrelations and implications for living.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9780521204989
• ISBN-10: 0521204984
• Artikelnr.: 32465209

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.