The Structured Self in Hellenistic and Roman Thought

by Christopher Gill

Book Overview

Christopher Gill offers a new analysis of what is innovative in Hellenistic--especially Stoic and Epicurean--philosophical thinking about selfhood and personality. His wide-ranging discussion of Stoic and Epicurean ideas is illustrated by a more detailed examination of the Stoic theory of the passions and a new account of the history of this theory. His study also tackles issues about the historical study of selfhood and the relationship between philosophy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019815268X
• ISBN13: 9780198152682
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"