@inbook{dfc12e4c0f97449388e0afb6040631ef,
title = "Olympiodorus{\textquoteright} View of Civic Self-Knowledge",
abstract = "This chapter examines Olympiodorus{\textquoteright} conception of civic self-knowledge (gn{\^o}nai heauton politik{\^o}s). It explores the {\textquoteleft}affective{\textquoteright}, {\textquoteleft}particularist{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}personal{\textquoteright} aspects involved in this mode of knowing oneself: on this level, self-knowledge concerns one{\textquoteright}s dealings with feelings and emotions, with particular situations, but also with others in personal interaction. The concept is hard to pin down, however, which this chapter argues is evidence that it is inherently {\textquoteleft}transitory{\textquoteright}. This last aspect suits the intermediary role of civic self-knowledge in ethical development, and makes it a suitable target for the Alcibiades I, the first dialogue of the Platonic curriculum in Neoplatonism.",
keywords = "Self-knowledge, personal identity, civic virtue, embodiment, soul-body interaction, ethical development, Alcibiades I",
author = "Albert Joosse",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1163/9789004466708_008",
language = "English",
series = "Philosophia Antiqua",
publisher = "Brill",
pages = "116--140",
editor = "Albert Joosse",
booktitle = "Olympiodorus of Alexandria",
address = "Netherlands",
}