Marcel van Ackeren
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- February 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190226411
- eISBN:
- 9780190226442
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190226411.003.0005
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
Stoics gave Socratic self-knowledge some distinct characteristics, of which some are anthropological, some ethical and political, and some epistemological. A focus on Roman Stoics and especially on ...
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Stoics gave Socratic self-knowledge some distinct characteristics, of which some are anthropological, some ethical and political, and some epistemological. A focus on Roman Stoics and especially on Marcus Aurelius reveals the most original feature of late Stoicism: the self-dialogue, which becomes the vehicle for practicing philosophy and gaining self-knowledge: The Meditations are unique because they are the first self-dialogue of an author with himself. This also leads to conclusions concerning the “I,” Stoic psychic monism, and the “self.”Less
Stoics gave Socratic self-knowledge some distinct characteristics, of which some are anthropological, some ethical and political, and some epistemological. A focus on Roman Stoics and especially on Marcus Aurelius reveals the most original feature of late Stoicism: the self-dialogue, which becomes the vehicle for practicing philosophy and gaining self-knowledge: The Meditations are unique because they are the first self-dialogue of an author with himself. This also leads to conclusions concerning the “I,” Stoic psychic monism, and the “self.”
