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21939 | The author function of any text is a plurality of selves [Foucault, by Gutting] |
Full Idea: Foucault maintains that for any 'authored' text a plurality of selves fulfils the author function. | |
From: report of Michel Foucault (works [1978]) by Gary Gutting - Foucault: a very short introduction 2 | |
A reaction: This is a completely different concept of a 'self' from the one normally found in this database. I would call it the sociological concept of self, as something changing with context. So how many selves is 'Jane Austen'? |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
Full Idea: In singing and playing the lyre, a boy will be likely to reveal not only courage and moderation, but also justice. | |
From: Damon (fragments/reports [c.460 BCE], B4), quoted by (who?) - where? |