Knowing Persons P

Offering a study of Plato's account of persons, this book locates Plato's psychology within his two-world metaphysics. It shows that embodied persons are images... » 

Offering a study of Plato's account of persons, this book locates Plato's psychology within his two-world metaphysics. It shows that embodied persons are images of a disembodied ideal, and that they reflect many of the conflicting states of the sensible world. For Plato, it argues, philosophy is the means to recognizing one's true identity. «