Selfhood and Rationality in Ancient Greek Philosophy

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In Selfhood and Rationality in Ancient Greek Philosophy, a sequel to Greek Models of Mind and Self, the reader is given the privilege to peer into the laboratory of A. A. Long's scholarly life, in which he spent many years traveling the highways and byways of ancient Greek thought. This book gives the reader the opportunity to become acquainted with the author's hitherto unfinished project, the fruit of his personal, extended, and productive scholarly adventure in the vast Greek world. * Despina Vertzagia, Journal Of Philosophy * This is a most stimulating and enlightening volume, from the hand of an authority who has been giving much thought to these topics for some considerable time nowaas for instance, in Greek Models of Mind and Self (2015), but also in a host of articles over the last few decades. And in fact the present volume consists of a selection of these articles and talks, produced at intervals over the last thirty years, lightly re-worked to constitute a coherent book...Anthony Long has produced, in this very well constructed sequence of papers, a most instructive and comprehensive study of the concept of the rational self, and of rationality in general, in the Greek philosophical tradition. * John Dillon, Trinity College Dublin * This is a worthy collection of essays and contains an excellent bibliography. * Choice * Long is best known for his contributions to Hellenistic and Stoic thought. This volume is powerful proof that he has as much to teach us about earlier Greek thought and the practice of philosophy, more generally speaking. * Christopher Martin, Religious Studies Review * This volume is a rich study on selfhood and rationality and an excellent starting point to approach them. * Gabriele Flamigni, GNOMON *