The structured self in Hellenistic and Roman thought /

The structured self in Hellenistic and Roman thought /

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Author / Creator:Gill, Christopher, 1946-
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:xxii, 522 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Self (Philosophy)
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophical anthropology.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Self (Philosophy)
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6002055
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ISBN:019815268X (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [462]-486) and indexes.
Standard no.:9780198152682
Table of Contents:
  • Note on Conventions
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Structured Self in Stoicism and Epicureanism
  • 1. Psychophysical Holism in Stoicism and Epicureanism
  • 1.1. Preliminaries
  • 1.2. Platonic and Aristotelian Background
  • 1.3. Converging Holistic World-Views
  • 1.4. Psychophysical Holism: Stoicism
  • 1.5. Psychophysical Holism: Epicureanism
  • 1.6. Puzzles about Identity
  • 2. Psychological Holism and Socratic Ideals
  • 2.1. Preliminaries
  • 2.2. Stoicism
  • 2.3. Epicureanism
  • 3. Development and the Structured Self
  • 3.1. Preliminaries
  • 3.2. Stoic Development and Psychological Holism
  • 3.3. Stoic Development and Ethical Holism
  • 3.4. A Contrasting Pattern: Antiochus and Arius Didymus
  • 3.5. Stoic-Epicurean Development: Distinctive Features
  • Part II. The Unstructured Self: Stoic Passions and the Reception of Plato
  • 4. Competing Readings of Stoic Passions
  • 4.1. Ancient Debate about the Stoic Theory
  • 4.2. Plutarch on Stoic Psychology
  • 4.3. Plutarch's Psychology
  • 4.4. Galen on Stoic Psychology
  • 4.5. Galen on Chrysippus
  • 4.6. Galen on Posidonius
  • 5. Competing Readings of Platonic Psychology
  • 5.1. Galen and Chrysippus on the Timaeus
  • 5.2. Galen and Chrysippus on the Republic
  • Part III. Theoretical Issues and Literary Reception
  • 6. Issues in Selfhood: Subjectivity and Objectivity
  • 6.1. Preliminaries
  • 6.2. Subjective and Objective Selves
  • 6.3. Concepts of Self in Plato's Alcibiades
  • 6.4. Subjective and Objective Readings of Stoic Development
  • 6.5. Epictetus: A New Subjective-Individualist Self?
  • 6.6. A Subjectivist Strand in Ancient Thought?
  • 7. Literary Reception: Structured and Unstructured Selves
  • 7.1. Preliminaries
  • 7.2. Plutarch's Lives
  • 7.3. Senecan Tragedy
  • 7.4. Virgil's Aeneid
  • References
  • Index of Ancient Passages
  • General Index

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