{"product_id":"philosophical-self-knowledge-donald-philip-verene-9783838218809","title":"Philosophical Self-Knowledge: Two Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe inscription on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Gnothi seauton (Know thyself), is taken up by Socrates and pursued as the center of philosophy. Self-knowledge is the theme that endures throughout the history of philosophy. It is a theme that philosophy shares with literature. We know ourselves to be human, but the question remains as to what it means to be human. What we are is a metaphysical and ethical problem. Satire shows us how others see us. Memory, the mother of the Muses, gives us access to see ourselves as we have been, are now, and may be in the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis work considers the idea of satire through the writings of Aristophanes, Lucian, Erasmus, Rabelais, Swift, Voltaire, and Joyce. It examines the nature of memory in terms of the views of Hesiod, Plato, Aristotle, Camillo, Vico, Hegel, and Joyce. Attention to Joyce in both instances is to Finnegans Wake. The author invites readers to take up the question of self-knowledge, to pursue it further in their own terms and sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Philip Verene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3838218809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783838218809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ibidem Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.60w x 0.30d","brand":"Donald Philip Verene","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372588060927,"sku":"9783838218809","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08888a67-88d9-484b-9b87-6278906b0be2.jpg?v=1732726386","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philosophical-self-knowledge-donald-philip-verene-9783838218809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}