Against the Self:The Modern Crisis of Identity in Classical Context

By Jesse Cone The “Inimical” Claim In 1986 the Catholic philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe described the idea of “the self” as “inimical to Christianity.”[1] This idea, that we human beings “aren’t (mere) members of a biological species, but selves,” is not only common today, but assumed. In our everyday discourse we talk of discovering our selves, Read More ...

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