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Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation
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Richard Sorabji (Author)
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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 of human nature developed. The result is a magisterial work of scholarship which will be fascinating for anyone with an interest in the emotions from a historical or contemporary perspective.
About the Author
Richard Sorabji, CBE, is Research Professor of Philosophy at King's College London, and a Fellow of Wolfson College Oxford; he was previously Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, London. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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- Contributor: Richard Sorabji
- Imprint: Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780198250050
- Number of Pages: 512
- Packaged Dimensions: 163x242x32mm
- Packaged Weight: 869
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Release Date: 2000-08-24
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Richard Sorabji, CBE, is Research Professor of Philosophy at King's College London, and a Fellow of Wolfson College Oxford; he was previously Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, London. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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