# The History of Sexuality: 3

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- Book: [The History of Sexuality: 3](https://www.bookquiver.com/michel-foucault/the-history-of-sexuality-3) ([The History of Sexuality: 3.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/michel-foucault/the-history-of-sexuality-3.md))
- Authors: [Michel Foucault](https://www.bookquiver.com/michel-foucault)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4138-600-2
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2020-04-09
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In the third volume of his acclaimed examination of sexuality in modern Western society, Foucault investigates the Golden Age of Rome to reveal a decisive break from the classical Greek version of sexual pleasure. Exploring the moral reflections of philosophers and physicians of the era, he identifies a growing anxiety over sexual activity and its consequences. At the core of this transformation Foucault found the principles of the 'care of the self': the belief that the self is an object of knowledge to be cultivated over time, and the implications this has for ethics and behaviour.