Le Souci de soi

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Le Souci de soi is Michel Foucault’s third volume of *The History of Sexuality*, in which he analyzes how individuals in Greco-Roman antiquity fashioned an ethical relationship to themselves through practices of self-care.

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Le Souci de soi canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
philosophy book
work on ethics
author Michel Foucault
countryOfOrigin France
discusses ethical relations to pleasure
philosophical schools of antiquity
practices of self-examination
regimens of diet and sexuality
examines Greco-Roman philosophical practices
ancient practices of self-mastery
relations between ethics and subjectivity
explores ethical self-formation
technologies of the self
fieldOfStudy classical studies
ethics
gender and sexuality studies
history of ideas
philosophy
focusesOnPeriod Hellenistic period
Roman Imperial period
linked to: Roman Empire
follows The Use of Pleasure
hasCentralConcept aesthetics of existence
askesis (ascetic practices)
epimeleia heautou (care of the self)
hasEnglishTitle The Care of the Self
hasTheme care of the body and soul
formation of ethical subjectivity
relation between truth and self
mainTopic Greco-Roman antiquity
linked to: Classical antiquity

care of the self
ethics of the self
history of sexuality
self-care practices
subjectivity
originalLanguage French
partOf The History of Sexuality
philosophicalTradition continental philosophy
post-structuralism
precedes none (final volume of original trilogy)
relatedWork The Hermeneutics of the Subject
The Use of Pleasure
The Will to Knowledge
seriesOrdinal third volume
setInIntellectualContext late work of Michel Foucault
volumeNumber 3

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The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self originalTitle Le Souci de soi
subject linked to: The History of Sexuality
L'Usage des plaisirs precedes Le Souci de soi
Les Aveux de la chair follows Le Souci de soi