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Who am I? A philosophical inquiry

Amy Adkins · TED

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Throughout the history of mankind, the subject of identity has sent poets to the blank page, philosophers to the agora and seekers to the oracles. These murky waters of abstract thinking are tricky to navigate, so it's probably fitting that to demonstrate the complexity, the Greek historian Plutarch used the story of a ship. Amy Adkins illuminates Plutarch's Ship of Theseus. [Directed by Stretch Films, Inc., narrated by Addison Anderson].

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Amy Adkins
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain, History, Philosophy, Literature and writing
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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