Editors:
- First article collection by leading experts to introduce ancient discussions on self and person, ranging from Socrates to the Christian thinkers St Paul and St Augustine
- Continues a current debate between prominent scholars concerning how to approach selfhood in antiquity
- Provides an inclusive sample of possible ways of approaching self and personhood in antiquity, firmly anchored in ancient testimonia
- Includes contributions from the leading scholars currently working on self, person, or connected themes
- Provides expert guiding to the main influences ancient discussions on self and person had in the monotheistic Latin and Arabic middle ages
Part of the book series: The New Synthese Historical Library (SYNL, volume 64)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Approaches to Self and Person in Antiquity
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Christian and Islamic Themes
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Uppsala University, Sweden
Pauliina Remes
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University of Helsinki, Finland
Pauliina Remes
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Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland
Juha Sihvola
About the editors
Pauliina Remes is a lecturer in theoretical philosophy, Uppsala University, Sweden (2007-), and a docent in theoretical philosophy, University of Helsinki. She is the author of Plotinus on Self: The Philosophy of the¨'We' (Cambridge University Press, 2007) as well as the co-editor of Heinämaa & Lähteenmäki & Remes: Consciousness: From Perception to Reflection in the History of Philosophy (Springer 2007). Remes had her PhD in King’s College, London, and was a visiting scholar in Wolfson College, Oxford (2003). She has worked as a post-doctoral researcher in Helsinki and been a member of several high-profile research groups and centers of excellence in Scandinavia. Currently, she is a member of the project Understanding Agency (Uppsala University, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden), and invited to a status of a visiting scholar by the Center of Advanced Study in Oslo, Norway (2009-2010).
Juha Sihvola is the director of the Helsinki Collegium of Advanced Studies since August 2004 and Professor of History at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, since 2000. He has pursued postdoctoral studies at Brown University (1991-92) and was a Junior Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington D.C. (1994-95). He is adjunct professor of the history of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. Sihvola has worked on various topics in ancient philosophy and the later classical tradition, especially Aristotle and Hellenistic Philosophy. He has also written books and articles on ethical and political issues. Sihvola is a member of the Research Council for Culture and Society at the Academy of Finland, and a member of the committee for Finnish translation of Aristotle's works.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ancient Philosophy of the Self
Editors: Pauliina Remes, Juha Sihvola
Series Title: The New Synthese Historical Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8596-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8595-6Published: 13 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7927-5Published: 30 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8596-3Published: 26 August 2008
Series ISSN: 1879-8578
Series E-ISSN: 2352-2585
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 272
Topics: Classical Philosophy, Epistemology, History of Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Man, Philosophy of Religion