{"product_id":"self-ancient-and-modern-insights-about-individuality-life-and-death-9780226768267","title":"Self: Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death","description":"Drawing on classical antiquity and Western and Eastern philosophy, Richard Sorabji tackles in\u003ci\u003e Self\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e Sorabji traces historically the retreat from a positive idea of self and draws out the implications of these ideas of self on the concepts of life and death, asking: Should we fear death? How should our individuality affect the way we live? Through an astute reading of a huge array of traditions, he helps us come to terms with our uneasiness about the subject of self in an account that will be at the forefront of philosophical debates for years to come. \"There has never been a book remotely like this one in its profusion of ancient references on ideas about human identity and selfhood . . . . Readers unfamiliar with the subject also need to know that Sorabji breaks new ground in giving special attention to philosophers such as Epictetus and other Stoics, Plotinus and later Neoplatonists, and the ancient commentators on Aristotle (on the last of whom he is the world's leading authority).\"--Anthony A. Long, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-322405\"\u003eRichard Sorabji\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226768267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226768260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI015000\"\u003eMind \u0026amp; Body\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI002000\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Surveys | Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Sorabji\u003c\/b\u003e is emeritus professor of ancient philosophy at King's College London and a fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. Besides coediting \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of War: Shared Problems in Different Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e, and editing seventy volumes so far of \u003ci\u003eThe Ancient Commentators on Aristotle\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eMatter, Space and Motion\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAnimal Minds and Human Morals\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEmotion and Peace of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAristotle on Memory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNecessity, Cause and Blame\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTime, Creation and the Continuum\u003c\/i\u003e, the last three of which are also published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44564703805677,"sku":"9780226768267","price":56.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_fe3d15d9-6eb7-4e7b-8e6d-ff24b60b4622.jpg?v=1701854466","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/self-ancient-and-modern-insights-about-individuality-life-and-death-9780226768267","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}