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Mental conflict /
As earthquakes expose geological faults, so mental conflict reveals tendencies to rupture within the mind. Dissension is rife not only between people but also within them, for each of us is subject to a contrariety of desires, beliefs, motivations, aspirations. What image are we to form of ourselves...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1995.
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| Colección: | Issues in ancient philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As earthquakes expose geological faults, so mental conflict reveals tendencies to rupture within the mind. Dissension is rife not only between people but also within them, for each of us is subject to a contrariety of desires, beliefs, motivations, aspirations. What image are we to form of ourselves that might best enable us to accept the reality of discord, or achieve the ideal of harmony?Greek philosophers offer us a variety of pictures and structures intended to capture the actual and the possible either within a reason that fails to be resolute, or within a split soul that houses a pla. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-214) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203983122 9780203983126 0415041511 9780415041515 9780415115575 0415115574 1280144386 9781280144387 1134820445 9781134820443 1134820437 9781134820436 |