The Symptom and the Subject: The Emergence of the Physical Body in Ancient Greece

by Brooke Holmes

Book Overview

The Symptom and the Subject takes an in-depth look at how the physical body first emerged in the West as both an object of knowledge and a mysterious part of the self. Beginning with Homer, moving through classical-era medical treatises, and closing with studies of early ethical philosophy and Euripidean tragedy, this book rewrites the traditional story of the rise of body-soul dualism in ancient Greece. Brooke Holmes demonstrates that as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691138990
• ISBN13: 9780691138992
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"