Naturalistic Psychology in Galen and Stoicism

by Christopher Gill

This is a study of the psychological ideas of Galen (AD 129-c.210, the most important medical writer in antiquity) and Stoicism (a major philosophical theory in the Hellenistic and Roman periods), which Galen discussed extensively. Christopher Gill's main topics are psychology and bodily form, psychological functions, especially reason and emotion, and the therapy of emotions, and his aim is to provide both an informative scholarly discussion and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199556792
• ISBN13: 9780199556793
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"