Self: Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death

by Richard Sorabji and Research Professor of Philosophy at King's College London and Fellow Richard Sorabji

Book Overview

Drawing on classical antiquity and Western and Eastern philosophy, Richard Sorabji tackles in Self the question of whether there is such a thing as the individual self or only a stream of consciousness. According to Sorabji, the self is not an undetectable soul or ego, but an embodied individual whose existence is plain to see. Unlike a mere stream of consciousness, it is something that owns not only a consciousness but also a body.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226768260
• ISBN13: 9780226768267
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"