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Autore: | Sorabji Richard |
Titolo: | Emotion and peace of mind : from Stoic agitation to Christian temptation / / Richard Sorabji |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (512 p.) |
Disciplina: | 128.37 |
Soggetto topico: | Emotions (Philosophy) - History |
Peace of mind | |
Stoics - History | |
Fathers of the church | |
Theology - History - Early church, ca. 30-600 | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Emotion and peace of mind |
ISBN: | 1-282-06065-1 |
9786612060656 | |
0-19-154403-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910815730703321 |
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