Part of the beauty of this book is that there are several conceptual dialogues taking place: there is the intra-psychic, the inter-communal, the dialogue between ancient poetry and philosophy and, perhaps, most importantly the dialogue between ancient and contemporary thought. Anyone interested in ancient notions of the 'self' will have to take this pivotal study into account and enter into a dialogue with it
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Gill is very successful in demonstrating that the 'objective-participant' is the model most applicable to ancient notions of the self
Mind, Vol.110, No.439 (July 2001)
offers an original and convincing interpretation of the psychological and ethical frameworks on which ancient notions of the 'self' were based
Mind, Vol.110, No.439 (July 2001)
Chris Gill's book is a major contribution to the study of the 'self' in ancient thought
Mind, Vol.110, No.439 (July 2001)