On Melancholy : : Rufus of Ephesus / / Peter E. Pormann

• Autore: Rufus, of Ephesus.
• Pubblicazione: Mohr Siebeck, 2008; Tubingen : , : Mohr Siebeck, , 2008
• Edizione: 1. Aufl.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy / Epistemology; Religion; Religion / History
• Persona (resp. second.): PormannPeter E
• Nota di contenuto: Social stress and political pressure : On melancholy in context / Simon Swain -- Rufus of Ephesus in the medical context of his time / Vivian Nutton -- Rufus' On melancholy and its philosophical background / Philip J. van der Eijk -- Melancholy in the medieval world : the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions / Peter E. Pormann -- Dürer and Rufus : Melencolia I in the medical tradition / Peter-Klaus Schuster, Jörg Völlnagel -- Rufus of Ephesus and the tradition of the melancholy thinker / Peter Toohey -- Rufus' legacy in the psychopathological literature of the (early) modern period / Thomas Rütten.
• Sommario/riassunto: Rufus of Ephesus' (fl. ca. AD 100) On Melancholy deals with a medical condition oscillating between madness, depression, and bouts of great creativity. This collection of the Greek, Latin, and Arabic fragments makes this text easily available for the first time.
• Titolo autorizzato: On Melancholy
• ISBN: 9783161564420; 3161564421
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910296435403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II