Personality in Greek Epic, Tragedy, and Philosophy: The Self in Dialogue

by Christopher Gill

Book Overview

This is a major study of conceptions of selfhood and personality in Homer and Greek Tragedy and Philosophy. The focus is on the norms of personality in Greek psychology and ethics. Gill argues that the key to understanding Greek thought of this type is to counteract the subjective and individualistic aspects of our own thinking about the person. He defines an "objective-participant" conception of personality, symbolized by the idea of the person as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198152329
• ISBN13: 9780198152323
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.4"