The Care of the Self in Ancient Philosophy - Brunetto, Brenner
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It can be said that Ancient Philosophy, more precisely that of the period after Natural Philosophy, that is, the so-called Classical Philosophy, was born with the famous Delphic phrase "know thyself"(gn¿thi seautón), a phrase that, in turn, became known through Socrates of Athens.For Michel Foucault, this phrase only the tip of an iceberg that contained a more robust and voluminous background designated by Foucault as epiméleia heautou, or, more precisely, as Care of Self. With this idea, the French philosopher arrives at his theory known as Aesthetics of Existence, in which the ethical agent…mehr

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It can be said that Ancient Philosophy, more precisely that of the period after Natural Philosophy, that is, the so-called Classical Philosophy, was born with the famous Delphic phrase "know thyself"(gn¿thi seautón), a phrase that, in turn, became known through Socrates of Athens.For Michel Foucault, this phrase only the tip of an iceberg that contained a more robust and voluminous background designated by Foucault as epiméleia heautou, or, more precisely, as Care of Self. With this idea, the French philosopher arrives at his theory known as Aesthetics of Existence, in which the ethical agent is, at the same time, artist and work of himself. Such Care of the Self, which had some differences from school to school, or, more precisely, from period to period, namely: 1) Socratic/Platonic period; 2) Hellenistic period and; 3) Christian period.In this way, the objective of this text is to make a brief analysis of such periods.
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Estudiante de maestría en el Programa de Posgrado Stricto Sensu en Filosofía de la Universidad Federal de Goiás, investigando la Filosofía Ética de Antístenes y sus conexiones con el Movimiento Sofístico, con Sócrates y especialmente con la fundación del Cinismo. Defendí la monografía titulada "El cuidado de sí mismo en la filosofía antigua según Foucault" donde exploré las convergencias