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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149030603321

Titolo

Self-knowledge : a history / / edited by Ursula Renz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

ISBN

0-19-063055-8

0-19-022644-7

0-19-022643-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 pages)

Collana

Oxford Philosophical Concepts

Disciplina

126

Soggetti

Self (Philosophy) - History

Self-knowledge, Theory of - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Self-knowledge is often taken to constitute both the beginning and the end of humans' search for wisdom. Not surprisingly, the Delphic injunction 'Know thyself' has fascinated philosophers of different times, backgrounds, and tempers.