This is a study of the psychological ideas of Galen (AD 129-c.210, the most important medical writer in antiquity) and Stoicism (a major philosophical theory in the Hellenistic and Roman periods), which Galen discussed extensively. Christopher Gill's main topics are psychology and bodily form, psychological functions, especially reason and emotion, and the therapy of emotions, and his aim is to provide both an informative scholarly discussion and an original analysis of this material. He claims that the two theories are complementary in ways not recognized in antiquity and that the combination of their ideas would have produced a powerful account of psychology that still merits the attention of modern readers.
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A study of the psychological ideas of Galen (AD 129-c.210, the most important medical writer in antiquity) and Stoicism (a major philosophical theory in the Hellenistic and Roman periods), which Galen discussed extensively. Christopher Gill argues that the two theories are complementary, and still of value to the modern reader.
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1. Introductory: Galen and Stoicism - Paradoxes and Potential ; 2. Galenic and Stoic Psychology: Two Versions of Naturalism ; 3. Psychology and the Body ; 4. Reason and Emotion: Parts and Wholes ; 5. The Therapy of Emotions ; 6. Galen and Stoicism: Paradoxes Revisited and Modern Parallels
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Enables readers to see the linkage between ideas about psychology in ancient philosophy and medicine Interprets and analyses two ancient theories of psychology, advancing scholarship on both Galen and Stoicism
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Enables readers to see the linkage between ideas about psychology in ancient philosophy and medicine Interprets and analyses two ancient theories of psychology, advancing scholarship on both Galen and Stoicism
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ISBN
9780199556793
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
638 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
416

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