Psyche and soma : physicians and metaphysicians on the mind-body problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment / edited by John P. Wright and Paul Potter

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TextPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: xii, 298 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

0198238401
9780198238409
0199256748
9780199256747

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Psyche and soma.DDC classification:

ARCH YNDC 128.2 W947P 21

LOC classification:

BD450 .P75 2000

NLM classification:

WB 880

Contents:

Soma and psyche in Hippocratic medicine / Beate Gundert -- The defining features of mind-body dualism in the writings of Plato / T.M. Robinson -- Aristotle's psycho-physiological account of the soul-body relationship / Philip J. van der Eijk -- Body, soul, and nerves: Epicurus, Herophilus, Erasistratus, the Stoics, and Galen / Heinrich von Staden -- Body and soul in Saint Paul / Theo K. Heckel -- Internalist reasoning in Augustine for mind-body dualism / Gareth Matthews -- Renaissance theories of body, soul, and mind / Emily Michael -- Descartes: heart and soul / Stephen Voss -- Bayle and late seventeenth-century thought / Thomas M. Lennon -- Stahl, Leibniz, and the territories of soul and body / François Duchesneau -- Substance versus function dualism in eighteenth-century medicine / John P. Wright -- Psyche, soma, and the vitalist philosophy of medicine / Roselyne Rey -- Physique and moral / François Azouvi

Review: "Psyche and Soma is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the conceptions of the human soul or mind and body, through the course of more than two thousand years of Western history. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, each written by a recognized expert, discuss figures such as the physicians Hippocrates, Galen, Stahl, and Cabanis; theologians St. Paul, Augustine, and Aquinas; and philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes, Leibniz and La Mettrie. The chapters explore in chronological sequence the views of these writers on such questions as the soul's immortality, the control it exerts over the body, how mental disturbances arise out of bodily imbalances, and the roles of the priest and the physician in promoting spiritual and mental health."--Jacket

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Archives	SAIACS Archives Room	Yandell Collection	ARCH YNDC 128.2 W947P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		064509

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-291) and index

"Psyche and Soma is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the conceptions of the human soul or mind and body, through the course of more than two thousand years of Western history. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, each written by a recognized expert, discuss figures such as the physicians Hippocrates, Galen, Stahl, and Cabanis; theologians St. Paul, Augustine, and Aquinas; and philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes, Leibniz and La Mettrie. The chapters explore in chronological sequence the views of these writers on such questions as the soul's immortality, the control it exerts over the body, how mental disturbances arise out of bodily imbalances, and the roles of the priest and the physician in promoting spiritual and mental health."--Jacket

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Psyche and soma : physicians and metaphysicians on the mind-body problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment / edited by John P. Wright and Paul Potter