The structured self in Hellenistic and Roman thought /

"Christopher Gill explores the complex relationship between Stoic and Epicurean thinking and earlier Greek thought about personality, including the selective adoption and rejection of fourth-century ideas. His general analysis of Hellenistic thinking about personality is illustrated by a detail...

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Main Author:	Gill, Christopher, 1946-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Self (Philosophy) Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophical anthropology. Moi (Philosophie) Philosophie ancienne. Anthropologie philosophique. philosophical anthropology. 08.21 Ancient philosophy. PSYCHOLOGY > Personality. PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body. Philosophical anthropology Philosophy, Ancient Antike Selbst Griechenland > Altertum Römisches Reich Filosofische antropologie. Zelf. Electronic books.
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Summary:	"Christopher Gill explores the complex relationship between Stoic and Epicurean thinking and earlier Greek thought about personality, including the selective adoption and rejection of fourth-century ideas. His general analysis of Hellenistic thinking about personality is illustrated by a detailed study of the Stoic theory of the passions and a new account of its relationship to Platonic thought."--Jacket.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 522 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-486) and indexes.
ISBN:	9780191518409 0191518409 9780191710131 019171013X