The emergence of reflexivity in Greek language and thought [electronic resource] : from Homer to Plato and beyond / by Edward T. Jeremiah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeremiah, Edward T.

Series:

Philosophia antiqua ; v. 129.

Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 129

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--Reflexives.

Greek language.

Greek language--Style.

Self (Philosophy)--Greece--History.

Self (Philosophy).

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contemporary preoccupation with the self and the rise of comparative anthropology have renewed scholarly interest in the forms of personhood current in Ancient Greece. However the word which translates “self” most literally, the intensive adjective and reflexive morpheme αὐτός, and its critical role in the construction of human being have for the most part been neglected. This monograph rights the imbalance by redirecting attention to the diachronic development of the heavily marked reflexive system and its exploitation by thinkers to articulate an increasingly reflexive and non-dialogical understanding of the human subject and its world. It argues that these two developmental trajectories are connected and provides new insight into the intellectual history of subjectivity in the West.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Thought and Language

Homer

Early Lyric, Iambus and Elegy

The Presocratics

Conscience and the Reflexivisation of σύυoιδα

Tragedy and Comedy

Plato

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index Locorum

Index Nominum et Rerum.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-49647-9

9786613591708

90-04-22515-3

OCLC:

779828602

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004225152 DOI