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Mental Disorders in Ancient Philosophy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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Mental Disorders in Ancient Philosophy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
Series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind, 13
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This book offers a comprehensive study of the views of ancient
philosophers on mental disorders. Relying on the original Greek and
Latin textual sources, the author describes and analyses how the
ancient philosophers explained mental illness and its symptoms,
including hallucinations, delusions, strange fears and
inappropriate moods and how they accounted for the respective roles
of body and mind in such disorders. Also considered are ethical
questions relating to mental illness, approaches to treatment and
the position of mentally ill people in societies of the times. The
volume opens with a historical overview that examines ancient
medical accounts of mental illness, from Hippocrates' famous Sacred
Disease to late antiquity medical authors. Separate chapters
interpret in detail the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Galen and the
Stoics and a final chapter summarises the views of various strains
of Scepticism, the Epicurean school and the Middle and
Neo-Platonists. Offering an important and useful contribution to
the study of ancient philosophy, psychology and medicine. This
volume sheds new light on the history of mental illness and
presents a new angle on ancient philosophical psychology.
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