Self-Mastery In Plato
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Graduate group
Philosophy
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Ethics and Political Philosophy
Metaphysics
Psychology
Metaphysics
Psychology
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2020-02-07T20:19:00-08:00
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Reese, Brian
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Abstract
This dissertation addresses an interpretive puzzle involving Plato’s apparently incompatible accounts of psychic conflict. I argue that a better understanding of the soul helps to resolve this puzzle, and that we can properly understand Plato’s conception of the soul by focusing on his account of self-mastery (τὸ κρείττω ἑαυτοῦ). Self-mastery is a concept well-suited to this project because it is treated consistently across Plato’s dialogues and features centrally in discussions of psychic conflict.
Advisor
Susan . Meyer
Date of degree
2019-01-01