Cicero on the emotions : Tusculan disputations 3 and 4 /
The third and fourth books of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations deal with the nature and management of human emotion: first grief, then the emotions in general. In lively and accessible style, Cicero presents the insights of Greek philosophers on the subject, reporting the views of Epicureans and...
Основен автор: | Cicero, Marcus Tullius. |
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Други автори: | Graver, Margaret. |
Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English Latin |
Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
℗♭2002.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=298809 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Cicero on the emotions. |
Резюме: |
The third and fourth books of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations deal with the nature and management of human emotion: first grief, then the emotions in general. In lively and accessible style, Cicero presents the insights of Greek philosophers on the subject, reporting the views of Epicureans and Peripatetics and giving a detailed account of the Stoic position, which he himself favors for its close reasoning and moral earnestness. Both the specialist and the general reader will be fascinated by the Stoics' analysis of the causes of grief, their classification of emotions by genus and species, the. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xli, 254 pages) |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780226305196 0226305198 |