The emergence of reflexivity in Greek language and thought
Subtitle: from Homer to Plato and beyond
By: by Edward T. Jeremiah
Series: Philosophia antiqua -- volume 129
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9789004221956; 9789004225155
Subjects: Self (Philosophy); Style; Greek language; Ancient Philosophy; Reflexives; History
Description: Tying together linguistics, philology and philosophy, this monograph explores the morphological and semantic development of the heavily marked reflexive system in Ancient Greek and argues that these changes are connected to a reconceptualisation of the human subject as characteristically reflexive.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.