03126nam 2200709Ia 450 991095506400332120251117061308.01-282-06065-197866120606560-19-154403-5(CKB)1000000000756405(EBL)694052(OCoLC)340869816(SSID)ssj0000086544(PQKBManifestationID)11121516(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086544(PQKBWorkID)10026236(PQKB)11294492(SSID)ssj0000146044(PQKBManifestationID)12019101(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146044(PQKBWorkID)10182421(PQKB)11758846(MiAaPQ)EBC694052(MiAaPQ)EBC7039183(Au-PeEL)EBL7039183(EXLCZ)99100000000075640520020814d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmotion and peace of mind from Stoic agitation to Christian temptation /Richard SorabjiOxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press20021 online resource (512 p.)The Gifford lecturesOriginally published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.0-19-825005-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-430) and indexes.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 IndexRichard 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 iGifford lectures.Emotions (Philosophy)HistoryPeace of mindStoicsHistoryFathers of the churchTheologyHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600Emotions (Philosophy)History.Peace of mind.StoicsHistory.Fathers of the church.TheologyHistory128.37Sorabji Richard187480MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955064003321Emotion and peace of mind1133434UNINA