Selfhood and Rationality in Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Heraclitus to Plotinus

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Selfhood and Rationality in Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Heraclitus to Plotinus
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Citations and Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Finding Oneself in Greek Philosophy
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	Postscript
2. Ancient Philosophy’s Hardest Question: What to Make of Oneself?
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3. Eudaimonism, Divinity, and Rationality in Greek Ethics
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4. Heraclitus on Measure and the Explicit Emergence of Rationality
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		Plato and Heraclitus on Sôphrosynê and Measure
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		The Measures of Heraclitus
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		Antecedent and Contemporary Ramifications
			Logos
			Metron
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		Giving a Measured Account/Rationale of All Things
5. Parmenides on Thinking Being
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	Postscript
6. Socratic Idiosyncrasy and Cynic Exhibitionism
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7. Socrates’ Divine Sign
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8. Politics and Divinity in Plato’s Republic: The Form of the Good
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	Conclusion
9. Platonic Souls as Persons
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10. Cosmic Craftsmanship in Plato and Stoicism
	I Pre-Platonic Background
	II Plato’s Cosmic Teleology
	III Stoicism’s Immanent Demiurge
	IV Platonic and Stoic Demiurgy Compared
	V Conclusion
11. Aristotle on Eudaimonia, Nous, and Divinity
	I Introduction
	II Divinity and Happiness in the Greek Philosophical Tradition
	III Human Identity, Nous, and Divinity
	IV Divinity and Nous in Book 1 of NE
	V Divinity, Happiness, and Nous in Book 10 of NE
	VI Conclusion
12. Second Selves and Stoic Friends
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13. The Self in Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
	I Introduction
	II The Human Being’s Mental Structure
	III Internal Divinity and Offshoot of the Cosmos
	IV Autonomy and Partnership with the Whole
	V Conclusion
14. Plotinus on Self and Happiness
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	Appendix
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index of Passages
Index of Names and Subjects