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

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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:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Consciousness & Thought Philosophy

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