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Stoicism & emotion /
On the surface, stoicism and emotion seem like contradictory terms. Yet the Stoic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome were deeply interested in the emotions, which they understood as complex judgments about what we regard as valuable in our surroundings. Stoicism and Emotion shows that they did...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | On the surface, stoicism and emotion seem like contradictory terms. Yet the Stoic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome were deeply interested in the emotions, which they understood as complex judgments about what we regard as valuable in our surroundings. Stoicism and Emotion shows that they did not simply advocate an across-the-board suppression of feeling, as stoicism implies in today?s English, but instead conducted a searching examination of these powerful psychological responses, seeking to understand what attitude toward them expresses the deepest respect for human potential. In this. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 289 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780226305202 0226305201 1281956910 9781281956910 9786611956912 6611956913 |