Pharmakon : Plato, drug culture, and identity in ancient Athens /

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Pharmakon traces the emergence of an ethical discourse in ancient Greece, one centered on states of psychological ecstasy. In the dialogues of Plato, philosophy is itself characterized as a pharmakon, one superior to a large number of rival occupations, each of which laid claim to their powers being...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rinella, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010.
Subjects:
Plato.
Plato. > Symposium.
Plato
Symposium (Plato)
To 146 B.C.
Drug abuse > Greece.
Toxicomanie > Grèce.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
Civilization
Drug abuse
Greece > Civilization > To 146 B.C.
Grèce > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Greece
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Pharmakon traces the emergence of an ethical discourse in ancient Greece, one centered on states of psychological ecstasy. In the dialogues of Plato, philosophy is itself characterized as a pharmakon, one superior to a large number of rival occupations, each of which laid claim to their powers being derived from, connected with, or likened to, a pharmakon. Accessible yet erudite, Pharmakon is one of the most comprehensive examinations of the place of intoxicants in ancient thought yet written.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 325 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-309) and indexes.
ISBN:9781461634010
1461634016

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