Mental Non Self-Sufficiency, Sociality and Common Agency
Publication Type |
Book Chapter |
Year of Publication |
2008 |
Author |
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Editor |
Schmid, Hans Bernhard Schulte-Ostermann, Katinka Psarros, Nikos |
Book |
Concepts of Sharedness: Essays on Collective Intentionality |
Series Volume |
26 |
Pages |
273-284 |
Publisher |
Ontos Verlag |
Place Published |
Heusenstamm bei Frankfurt |
Language |
English |
Series Title |
Philosophische Analyse/Philosophical Analysis |
Keywords |
Aristotle |
Annotation |
As the title suggests, Psarros is interested in the concepts of and relationship among human' mental self-sufficiency, sociality and common agency'. He turns to Weil as an example of someone who does not see humans as mentally self-sufficient. He focuses on her 'needs of the human soul' found in her Needs for Roots. He first explicates what he calls Weil's 'social ontology' discussing in some depth her concept of the person and the relationship of persons to communities. The remainder of the chapter looks at the roots of the concept of mental self-sufficiency in the work of Plato and Aristotle. See especially "Humans as mentally non self-sufficient entities and the "Needs of the Human Soul" pp. 277-282 |