Abstract

The primary aim of this paper is to show the relationship from Foucault’s perspective between epimeleia heautou and the aesthetics of existence. We believe it is extremely important to show the connection between these concepts as both refer to how the subject is constituted as such. Foucault returns to and resumes the study of the Greco-Roman culture to illustrate how the notion of aesthetics of the existence implies modes of subjection, in other words, it implies ways in which the individual is related to a set of rules and values.For this purpose, we will refer to the Laches dialogue, where Socrates, through his parrhesiastic attitude, best exemplifies the harmony between one’s own life and truth-telling. We will see that it is not only a matter of speaking frankly if this frank speech does not have an impact on your way of life. Therefore, truth-telling as a way of taking care of oneself leads to an aesthetics of existence, as men, by assuming the care of themselves, start shaping and modeling their life as a work of aesthetic contemplation.