Our Selves is a collection of some of South African philosopher Martin Versfeld’s most interesting essays. This professor of philosophy, who took great pleasure in claiming that he would be disowned by most schools of philosophy, turns a sceptical eye on some of the most revered thinkers in the Western world. He takes up arms against the increased fragmentation experienced by those who imbibed Descartes’ “I think therefore I am” with their mother’s milk, and finds a promise of wholeness in the teachings of St Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and the Buddha.