Self-Knowledge in Ancient Philosophy
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-878606-1 (ISBN)
Self-knowledge - a person's knowledge of their own thoughts, character, and psychological states - has long been a central focus of philosophical enquiry. The concerns which occupy ancient thinkers with regard to self-knowledge, however, diverge in critical ways from contemporary investigations on the topic. In this volume, based upon the eighth Keeling Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, leading scholars explore the treatment of self-knowledge in ancient Greek thought, particularly in Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic thinkers, and Plotinus. A number of chapters identify specific modes of self-knowledge in ancient thought, such as knowledge of one's individual moral or political character in Plato, or one's own discursive thought as compared to that arising from the self-presence of intellect in Plotinus. Others identify interesting points of convergence with contemporary thinking to make interventions in existing debates as well as to articulate new research questions, such as whether Plato regarded self-knowledge as synoptic and diachronic in the Republic, or whether self-knowledge is a condition on virtue for Aristotle. By exploring the distinctions between the fundamental assumptions and conceptual frameworks in which ancient and modern philosophers examine self-knowledge, this volume makes a novel contribution to current scholarship in the field.
Fiona Leigh is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Director of the Keeling Centre in Ancient Philosophy at University College London.
1: Fiona Leigh: Kinds of Self-Knowledge in Ancient Thought
2: Melissa Lane: Self-Knowledge in Plato? Recognizing the Limits and Aspirations of the Self as a Knower
3: Aryeh Kosman: Self-Knowledge and Self-Control in Plato's Charmides
4: Tad Brennan: Reading Plato's Mind
5: Mary Margaret McCabe: From the Cradle to the Cave: What Happened to Self-Knowledge in the Republic?
6: Paula Gottlieb: Aristotle on Self-Knowledge
7: Karen Margrethe Nielsen: Aristotle on Knowing One's Own Character: Why Self-Knowledge Matters for Virtue
8: James Warren: Epicureans on Hidden Beliefs
9: Jean-Baptiste Gourinat: Self-Knowledge, Self-Perception, and Perception of One's Body in Stoicism
10: Gwenaëlle Aubry: An Alternative to Cartesianism? Plotinus's Self and its Posterity in Ralph Cudworth
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.05.2020 |
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| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 572 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-878606-9 / 0198786069 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-878606-1 / 9780198786061 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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