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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691163405
• ISBN13: 9780691163406
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"