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Editorial

So, who are you?

by Rick Lewis

Inscribed above the doorway of the Delphic Oracle were the words ‘Know Thyself’. Naturally, we are always keen to follow any advice carved on the defunct temples of hallucinating priestesses high on toxic gases, and we are eager to help our readers do so too. (There is no extra charge for this service). Therefore in this issue we look at some classic philosophical questions concerning human being. Craig Ross asks whether we have free will; philosopher and Olympic medallist Hans Lenk analyses the nature of motivation and achievement, and we have two enlightening articles about the problem of personal identity.

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