In the grip of disease : studies in the Greek imagination /
This original and lively book explores Greek ideas about health and disease and their influence on Greek thought. Fundamental issues such as causation and responsibility, purification and pollution, mind-body relations and gender differences, authority and the expert and who can challenge them, real...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Griego Antiguo Latín |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This original and lively book explores Greek ideas about health and disease and their influence on Greek thought. Fundamental issues such as causation and responsibility, purification and pollution, mind-body relations and gender differences, authority and the expert and who can challenge them, reality and appearances, good government, happiness, and good and evil themselves are deeply implicated. Using the evidence not just from Greek medical theory and practice but also from epic, lyric, tragedy, historiography, philosophy, and religion, G.E.R. Lloyd offers the first comprehensive account of the influence of Greek thought about health and disease on the Greek imagination. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 258 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index. |
ISBN: | 1423767497 9781423767497 9780199253234 0199253234 1280446862 9781280446863 |