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Pauliina Remes and Juha Sihvola In the course of history,
philosophers have given an impressive variety of answers to the
question, "What is self?" Some of them have even argued that there
is no such thing at all. This volume explores the various ways in
which selfhood was approached and conceptualised in antiquity. How
did the ancients understand what it is that I am, fundamentally, as
an acting and affected subject, interpreting the world around me,
being distinct from others like and unlike me? The authors hi-
light the attempts in ancient philosophical sources to grasp the
evasive character of the specifically human presence in the world.
They also describe how the ancient philosophers understood human
agents as capable of causing changes and being affected in and by
the world. Attention will be paid to the various ways in which the
ancients conceived of human beings as subjects of reasoning and
action, as well as responsible individuals in the moral sphere and
in their relations to other people. The themes of persistence,
identity, self-examination and self-improvement recur in many of
these essays. The articles of the collection combine systematic and
historical approaches to ancient sources that range from Socrates
to Plotinus and Augustine.
Fresh translations of key texts, exhaustive coverage from Plato to
Kant, and detailed commentary by expert scholars of philosophy add
up to make this sourcebook the first and most comprehensive account
of the history of the philosophy of mind. Published at a time when
the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology are
high-profile domains in current research, the volume will inform
our understanding of philosophical questions by shedding light on
the origins of core conceptual assumptions often arrived at before
the instauration of psychology as a recognized subject in its own
right. The chapters closely follow historical developments in our
understanding of the mind, with sections dedicated to ancient,
medieval Latin and Arabic, and early modern periods of development.
The volume's structural clarity enables readers to trace the entire
progression of philosophical understanding on specific topics
related to the mind, such as the nature of perception. Doing so
reveals the fascinating contrasts between current and historical
approaches. In addition to its all-inclusive source material, the
volume provides subtle expert commentary that includes critical
introductions to each thematic section as well as detailed
engagement with the central texts. A voluminous bibliography
includes hundreds of primary and secondary sources. The sheer scale
of this new publication sheds light on the progression, and
discontinuities, in our study of the philosophy of mind, and
represents a major new sourcebook in a field of extreme importance
to our understanding of humanity as a whole.
Fresh translations of key texts, exhaustive coverage from Plato to
Kant, and detailed commentary by expert scholars of philosophy add
up to make this sourcebook the first and most comprehensive account
of the history of the philosophy of mind. Published at a time when
the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology are
high-profile domains in current research, the volume will inform
our understanding of philosophical questions by shedding light on
the origins of core conceptual assumptions often arrived at before
the instauration of psychology as a recognized subject in its own
right. Â The chapters closely follow historical developments
in our understanding of the mind, with sections dedicated to
ancient, medieval Latin and Arabic, and early modern periods of
development. The volume’s structural clarity enables readers to
trace the entire progression of philosophical understanding on
specific topics related to the mind, such as the nature of
perception. Doing so reveals the fascinating contrasts between
current and historical approaches. In addition to its all-inclusive
source material, the volume provides subtle expert commentary that
includes critical introductions to each thematic section as well as
detailed engagement with the central texts. A voluminous
bibliography includes hundreds of primary and secondary sources.
The sheer scale of this new publication sheds light on the
progression, and discontinuities, in our study of the philosophy of
mind, and represents a major new sourcebook in a field of extreme
importance to our understanding of humanity as a whole.​
Pauliina Remes and Juha Sihvola In the course of history,
philosophers have given an impressive variety of answers to the
question, "What is self?" Some of them have even argued that there
is no such thing at all. This volume explores the various ways in
which selfhood was approached and conceptualised in antiquity. How
did the ancients understand what it is that I am, fundamentally, as
an acting and affected subject, interpreting the world around me,
being distinct from others like and unlike me? The authors hi-
light the attempts in ancient philosophical sources to grasp the
evasive character of the specifically human presence in the world.
They also describe how the ancient philosophers understood human
agents as capable of causing changes and being affected in and by
the world. Attention will be paid to the various ways in which the
ancients conceived of human beings as subjects of reasoning and
action, as well as responsible individuals in the moral sphere and
in their relations to other people. The themes of persistence,
identity, self-examination and self-improvement recur in many of
these essays. The articles of the collection combine systematic and
historical approaches to ancient sources that range from Socrates
to Plotinus and Augustine.
Sex is beyond reason, and yet we constantly reason about it. So,
too, did the peoples of ancient Greece and Rome. But until recently
there has been little discussion of their views on erotic
experience and sexual ethics.
"The Sleep of Reason" brings together an international group of
philosophers, philologists, literary critics, and historians to
consider two questions normally kept separate: how is erotic
experience understood in classical texts of various kinds, and what
ethical judgments and philosophical arguments are made about sex?
From same-sex desire to conjugal love, and from Plato and Aristotle
to the Roman Stoic Musonius Rufus, the contributors demonstrate the
complexity and diversity of classical sexuality. They also show
that the ethics of eros, in both Greece and Rome, shared a number
of commonalities: a focus not only on self-mastery, but also on
reciprocity; a concern among men not just for penetration and
display of their power, but also for being gentle and kind, and for
being loved for themselves; and that women and even younger men
felt not only gratitude and acceptance, but also joy and sexual
desire.
Contributors:
* Eva Cantarella
* Kenneth Dover
* Chris Faraone
* Simon Goldhill
* Stephen Halliwell
* David M. Halperin
* J. Samuel Houser
* Maarit Kaimio
* David Konstan
* David Leitao
* Martha C. Nussbaum
* A. W. Price
* Juha Sihvola
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