Plotinus on Self

The Philosophy of the 'We'

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Hardcover | 13 September 2007

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Plotinus, the founder of the Neoplatonic school of philosophy, conceptualises two different notions of self (or 'us'): the corporeal and the rational. Personality and imperfection mark the former, while goodness and a striving for understanding mark the latter. In this text, Dr Remes grounds the two selfhoods in deep-seated Platonic ontological commitments, following their manifestations, interrelations and sometimes uneasy coexistence in philosophical psychology, emotional therapy and ethics. Plotinus' interest lies in what it means for a human being to be a temporal and a corporeal thing, yet capable of abstract and impartial reasoning, of self-government and perhaps even invulnerability. The book argues that this involves a philosophically problematic rupture within humanity which is, however, alleviated by the psychological similarities and points of contact between the two aspects of the self. The purpose of life is the cultivation of the latter aspect, the true self.

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Note on editions and abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Endowed Structures of Selfhood
Two lives, two identities: the ontological and anthropological setting	p. 23
Eternal entities and temporal particulars	p. 32
Human individuals and individuality	p. 59
The conscious centre	p. 92
From proprioception to self-awareness	p. 96
Mental connectedness	p. 110
The rational self and its knowledge of itself	p. 125
The powers of intellect and reason	p. 126
Self-knowledge of the thinking thing	p. 156
Constructing the Self: Between the World and the Ideal
Sculpting your self: self-determination, self-control and self-constitution	p. 179
Freedom and self-determination	p. 180
Therapy of emotions and what is up to us	p. 185
Action and other people: the self as a citizen of two communities	p. 213
Losing the limits of the self?	p. 239
Conclusion	p. 254
Bibliography	p. 258
Index locorum	p. 269
General index	p. 280
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