Download or read book The Structured Self in Hellenistic and Roman Thought written by Christopher Gill and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-04-06 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Gill offers a wide-ranging and original account of what is new and distinctive in Hellenistic and Roman ideas about selfhood and personality. He focuses upon Stoic and Epicurean philosophy and its relationship to earlier Greek thought (especially Plato) and comtemporary literature.