Richard Sorabji presents a ground-breaking study of ancient Greek views of the emotions and their influence on subsequent theories and attitudes, pagan and Christian. The key questions are ones that concern everyone: what is emotion, and how does one cope with one's own emotions and establish peace of mind? The central focus of the book is the Stoics, but Sorabji draws on a vast range of texts to give a rich historical survey of how Western thinking about this
central aspect of human nature developed. The result is a magisterial work of scholarship which will be fascinating for anyone with an interest in the emotions from a historical or contemporary perspective.
- ISBN10 6612060654
- ISBN13 9786612060656
- Publish Date 24 August 2000
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 28 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 512
- Language English