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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955064003321

Autore

Sorabji Richard

Titolo

Emotion and peace of mind : from Stoic agitation to Christian temptation / / Richard Sorabji

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-282-06065-1

9786612060656

0-19-154403-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 p.)

Collana

The Gifford lectures

Disciplina

128.37

Soggetti

Emotions (Philosophy) - History

Peace of mind

Stoics - History

Fathers of the church

Theology - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-430) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. EMOTIONS AS JUDGEMENTS VERSUS IRRATIONAL FORCES; II. VALUE OF THE EMOTIONS, COGNITIVE THERAPY, AND THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY; III. EMOTIONAL CONFLICT AND STRUCTURE OF THE MIND; IV. FROM STOIC AGITATIONS TO CHRISTIAN TEMPTATIONS; Bibliography of Secondary Sources Mentioned; Index of Ancient Thinkers; Index Locorum; Subject and Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

Richard Sorabji presents a ground-breaking study of ancient Greek views of the emotions and their influence on subsequent theories and attitudes, pagan and Christian. The key questions are ones that concern everyone: what is emotion, and how does one cope with one's own emotions and establish peace of mind? The central focus of the book is the Stoics, but Sorabji draws on a vast range of texts to give a rich historical survey of how Western thinking about this central aspect ofhuman nature developed. The result is a magisterial work of scholarship which will be fascinating for anyone with an i