Stoicism & emotion
Margaret R. Graver.
Bok Engelsk 2007 Margaret. Graver,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 2007.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (300 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Introduction: emotion and norms for emotion -- A science of the mind -- The pathetic syllogism -- Vigor and responsibility -- Feelings without assent -- Brutishness and insanity -- Traits of character -- The development of character -- City of friends and lovers -- The tears of Alcibiades -- Appendix: the status of confidence in stoic classifications.. - On the surface, stoicism and emotion seem like contradictory terms. Yet the Stoic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome were deeply interested in the emotions, which they understood as complex judgments about what we regard as valuable in our surroundings. Stoicism and Emotion shows that they did not simply advocate an across-the-board suppression of feeling, as stoicism implies in today's English, but instead conducted a searching examination of these powerful psychological responses, seeking to understand what attitude toward them expresses the deepest respect for human potential. In this
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| Dewey | 128/.37093 . - 188
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| ISBN | 0226305570. - 9780226305578
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