Understanding the Sexual Self: A Study on Human Sexuality Studocu Chapter 2 Lesson 2 The Sexual Self PDF Understanding Human Sexuality: Historical and Biological Course Hero The History of Sexuality: 3: The Care of the Self (Penguin Modern. Michel Foucault takes us into the first two centuries of our own era, into the Golden Age of Rome, to reveal a subtle but decisive break from the classical Greek vision of sexual pleasure. He skillfully explores the whole corpus of moral reflection among philosophers (Plutarch, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca) and physicians of the era, and uncovers an increasing mistrust of pleasure and growing anxiety over sexual activity and its consequences. Author: Michel Foucault Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 279 Publisher: Random House USA Inc Publication Date: 28 Nov 1988