The Discovery of the Mind

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book work of classical scholarship

The Discovery of the Mind is a seminal work of classical scholarship that explores how ancient Greek literature and thought gave rise to the concept of individual consciousness and self-awareness in Western culture.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ work of classical scholarship ⓘ
academicDiscipline	classical philology ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
analyzes	Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek tragedy ⓘ Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ Presocratic philosophers ⓘ early Greek lyric poetry ⓘ
author	Bruno Snell NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralThesis	Greek literature reflects a progressive discovery of the inner self ⓘ the concept of individual consciousness emerged historically in Greek culture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
field	history of philosophy ⓘ history of psychology ⓘ
focusesOn	development of the concept of the mind in Greek thought ⓘ emergence of the individual in Greek literature ⓘ transition from mythological to rational thinking in Greece ⓘ
genre	classical studies ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation	yes ⓘ
hasInfluenced	classics ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ literary studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy	German philology ⓘ classical Greek texts ⓘ
keyConcept	discovery of the self ⓘ emergence of subjectivity in literature ⓘ evolution of psychological vocabulary in Greek ⓘ relationship between language and consciousness ⓘ
notableFor	arguing for a historical development of mental concepts ⓘ linking philology with philosophy ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Die Entdeckung des Geistes NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear	1946 ⓘ
subject	Western intellectual history ⓘ ancient Greek literature ⓘ ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ concept of mind ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ individual consciousness ⓘ self-awareness ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed	archaic Greece ⓘ classical Greece ⓘ

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