Selfhood and the soul : essays on ancient thought and literature in honour of Christopher Gill /
Selfhood and the Soul' is a collection of new and original essays in honor of Christopher Gill, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought at the University of Exeter. All of the essays in the volume contribute to a shared project, the exploration of ancient concepts of self and soul, understood in...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Selfhood and the Soul' is a collection of new and original essays in honor of Christopher Gill, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Thought at the University of Exeter. All of the essays in the volume contribute to a shared project, the exploration of ancient concepts of self and soul, understood in a broad sense and, as in the work of the honorand himself, they are distinguished by a diversity of approach and subject matter, ranging widely across disciplinary boundaries to cover ancient philosophy, psychology, medical writing and literary criticism. They can be read separately or together, taking the reader on a journey through topics and themes as varied as money, love, hope, pleasure, rage, free will, metempsychosis, Roman imperialism, cookery and the Underworld, yet all committed to examining central issues about the experience of being a person and the question of how best to live. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 331 pages : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-313) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780198777250 0198777256 |