A. A. Long presents fourteen essays on the themes of selfhood and rationality in ancient Greek philosophy, ranging over seven centuries of innovative thought. He shows how the notion of a rational self was bound up with questions about divinity and happiness, and draws out the relevance of the book's themes for modern discussions of the self.
A. A. Long presents fourteen essays on the themes of selfhood and rationality in ancient Greek philosophy, ranging over seven centuries of innovative thought. He shows how the notion of a rational self was bound up with questions about divinity and happiness, and draws out the relevance of the book's themes for modern discussions of the self.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
A. A. Long served as Professor of Classics at the University of California Berkeley from 1983-2013, where he continues to teach from time to time as an emeritus professor and affiliated professor of philosophy and rhetoric. Long's research is principally on ancient Greek, especially Hellenistic, philosophy. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Introduction 1: Finding Oneself in Greek Philosophy 2: Ancient Philosophy's Hardest Question: What to make of Oneself? 3: Eudaimonism, Divinity, and Rationality in Greek Ethics 4: Heraclitus on Measure and the Explicit Emergence of Rationality 5: Parmenides on Thinking Being 6: Socratic Idiosyncrasy and Cynic Exhibitionism 7: Socrates' Divine Sign 8: Politics and Divinity in Plato's Republic: The Form of the Good 9: Platonic Souls as Persons 10: Cosmic Craftsmanship in Plato and Stoicism 11: Aristotle on Eudaimonia, Nous, and Divinity 12: Second Selves and Stoic Friends 13: Marcus Aurelius on the Self 14: Plotinus On Self and Happiness Epilogue
Introduction 1: Finding Oneself in Greek Philosophy 2: Ancient Philosophy's Hardest Question: What to make of Oneself? 3: Eudaimonism, Divinity, and Rationality in Greek Ethics 4: Heraclitus on Measure and the Explicit Emergence of Rationality 5: Parmenides on Thinking Being 6: Socratic Idiosyncrasy and Cynic Exhibitionism 7: Socrates' Divine Sign 8: Politics and Divinity in Plato's Republic: The Form of the Good 9: Platonic Souls as Persons 10: Cosmic Craftsmanship in Plato and Stoicism 11: Aristotle on Eudaimonia, Nous, and Divinity 12: Second Selves and Stoic Friends 13: Marcus Aurelius on the Self 14: Plotinus On Self and Happiness Epilogue
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