A study of the psychological ideas of Galen (AD 129-c.210, the most importantmedical writer in antiquity) and Stoicism (a major philosophical theory in the Hellenistic and Roman periods), which Galen discussed extensively. Christopher Gill argues that the two theories are complementary, and still of value to the modern reader. INDICE: 1: Introductory: Galen and Stoicism - Paradoxes and Potential; 2: Galenic and Stoic Psychology: Two Versions of Naturalism; 3: Psychology andthe Body; 4: Reason and Emotion: Parts and Wholes; 5: The Therapy of Emotions; 6: Galen and Stoicism: Paradoxes Revisited and Modern Parallels
- ISBN: 978-0-19-955679-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 28/10/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés