Abstract

W.B. Yeats's search of wisdom through self-knowledge is reflected in his philosophical and poetical works. I explore the relevant relation between his philosophical beliefs, exposed in A Vision, and his later poetry. I defend that W.B. Yeats's search of wisdom was centred in matters of the Self displaying different Greek philosophic concepts such as the partition of the human soul, the antinomies of the Self, death, reincarnation and fate. Lastly, to proof my thesis, my study inspects 'Ego Dominus Tuus', 'A Dialogue of Self and Soul' and 'The Man and the Echo'.