Self-Knowledge - A History

Informationen zum Autor Ursula Renz is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. She has widely published about early modern philosophy, Neo-Kantianism and the history of philosophy mind. Her book Die Erklärbarkeit der Erfahrung. Realismus und Subjektivität in Spinozas Theorie des menschlichen Geistes (2010), was awarded with the Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize in 2011, and will be translated in English by Oxford University Press. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

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• Authors: Ursula Renz, Ursula (Professor of Philosophy Renz
• Assisted by: Ursula Renz (Editor), Renz Ursula (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2017
• EAN: 9780190226411
• ISBN: 978-0-19-022641-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Oxford Philosophical Concepts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, self-knowledge; humans; philosophy