Symptom and the Subject - The Emergence of the Physical Body in Ancient Greece

Info autore

Brooke Holmes is assistant professor of classics at Princeton University.

Riassunto

The Symptom and the Subject takes an in-depth look at how the physical body first emerged in the West as both an object of knowledge and a mysterious part of the self. Beginning with Homer, moving through classical-era medical treatises, and closing with studies of early ethical philosophy and Euripidean tragedy, this book rewrites the traditional

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Brooke Holmes, Holmes Brooke
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.11.2014
• EAN: 9780691163406
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16340-6
• Pagine: 384
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory