His book is a historical tour de force, and it also helps to give context and perspective to classic ideas of self...Sorabji's approach is sufficiently analytical to engage philosophers, and comprehensive enough to appeal to more general readers in search of more selective enlightenment.

Anthony Long, Times Literary Supplement

Sorabji's book has the immense virtue of allowing us to discover a vast corpus of texts dealing with the problem of self. The learned and thoughtful review of philosophical perspectives has a remarkably wide range that you will not find anywhere else. Undoubtedly, this work will turn out to be an indispensable reference for any readers wishing to broaden their minds beyond contemporary Western philosophy.

Jean-Louis Hudry, The Philosophical Quarterly

[a] remarkably versatile and enthusiastic exploration of ancient thinking about selfhood... There has never been a book remotely like this one in its profusion of ancient references on ideas about human identity and selfhood and the sheer quantity of information it provides, all admirably furnished with up-to-date bibliography and footnotes... [a] historical tour de force.

Anthony A. Long, Times Literary Supplement

a fascinating excursion into a crucial area of philosophy. The richness of the historical tradition that Sorabji presents so deftly shows how impotant these questions about the Self are.

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