Emotion and peace of mind : from Stoic agitation to Christian temptation / Richard Sorabji.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sorabji, Richard.

Series:

Gifford lectures.

The Gifford lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions (Philosophy)--History.

Emotions (Philosophy).

Peace of mind.

Stoics--History.

Stoics.

Fathers of the church.

Theology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 ofhuman nature developed. The result is a magisterial work of scholarship which will be fascinating for anyone with an i

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. EMOTIONS AS JUDGEMENTS VERSUS IRRATIONAL FORCES; II. VALUE OF THE EMOTIONS, COGNITIVE THERAPY, AND THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY; III. EMOTIONAL CONFLICT AND STRUCTURE OF THE MIND; IV. FROM STOIC AGITATIONS TO CHRISTIAN TEMPTATIONS; Bibliography of Secondary Sources Mentioned; Index of Ancient Thinkers; Index Locorum; Subject and Name Index

Notes:

Originally published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-430) and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-06065-1

9786612060656

0-19-154403-5

OCLC:

340869816