Mental conflict / A.W. Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, A. W.

Series:

Issues in ancient philosophy.

Issues in ancient philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As earthquakes expose geological faults, so mental conflict reveals tendencies to rupture within the mind. Dissension is rife not only between people but also within them, for each of us is subject to a contrariety of desires, beliefs, motivations, aspirations. What image are we to form of ourselves that might best enable us to accept the reality of discord, or achieve the ideal of harmony?Greek philosophers offer us a variety of pictures and structures intended to capture the actual and the possible either within a reason that fails to be resolute, or within a split soul that houses a

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; HORS-D'ŒUVRE; INTRODUCTION; 1 SOCRATES; 2 PLATO; 3 ARISTOTLE; 4 THE STOICS; NOTES; PRIMARY SOURCES; NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS; SECONDARY CITATIONS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-214) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-82043-7

1-134-82044-5

0-203-98312-2

1-280-14438-6

9780203983126

OCLC:

475946378