ABSTRACT
For Foucault, the Stoics offered an example of cultivating a relationship of the self to the self in terms of self-mastery and therefore offered a resource for constructing a non-subjugated self. I argue that non-subjugation is not sufficient to determine a practice of self-cultivation, though it must inform these practices if a non-subjugated self is to emerge from them. I demonstrate the importance for Foucault of critical self-awareness in a process of loosening the ties we have to our selves, which can find inspiration in Stoic self-examination, but also the need for trying out new forms of subjectivity.
