Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Psyche and Soma : Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-Body Problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment - John P. Wright

Psyche and Soma

Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-Body Problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment

By: John P. Wright (Editor), Paul Potter (Editor)

Hardcover | 1 April 2000

At a Glance

Hardcover


RRP $274.00

$199.99

27%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $50.00 with

 or 

Ships in 7 to 10 business days

Psyche and Soma is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the history of understanding of the human mind or soul and its relationship to the body, through the course of more than two thousand years. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, each written by a recognized expert in the field, explore in chronological sequence the views of influential writers on such questions as the soul''s immortality, the control it exerts over the body, how mental disturbances can arise out of bodily imbalances, and the roles of the priest and the physician in promoting spiritual welfare. The main figures whose views are treated include the doctors Hippocrates, Galen, H. Boerhaave, and Wm. Cullen, theologians such as the Apostle Paul, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, and philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes and Leibniz. Psyche and Soma will be a key point of reference and a rich source of illumination in this central area of human inquiry.
Industry Reviews
`Psyche and Soma is an important resource for scholars in the history of science, medicine and philosophy and will stimulate discussion of these issues for many years to come.' Martin Stone, Religious Studies, Vol.36 `timely and important volume' Martin Stone, Religious Studies, Vol. 36 `This thoughtfully constructed collection of essays is devoted to medical approaches to the mind-body problem over 2500 years ... is well worth reading for its accessible synopsis of a complcated historical narrative. The gradual disentanglement of the above questions is one of its more fascinating themes' Mohan Matthen, The Lancet

Other Editions and Formats

Paperback

Published: 14th November 2002

More in Philosophy of The Mind

Manifest - Roxie Nafousi

Hardcover

RRP $32.99

$26.99

18%
OFF
All Things Are Full of Gods : The Mysteries of Mind and Life - David Bentley Hart
Beyond Good and Evil : Penguin Classics - Friedrich Nietzsche

RRP $17.99

$16.75

Other Minds : The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life - Peter Godfrey-Smith
The Journey : Big Panda and Tiny Dragon - James Norbury

RRP $35.00

$28.75

18%
OFF
Meditations : The Annotated Edition - Marcus Aurelius

RRP $49.99

$37.75

24%
OFF
Inner Engineering : A Yogi's Guide to Joy - Sadhguru

RRP $44.99

$35.75

21%
OFF
Beyond Good and Evil : Design by Coralie Bickford-Smith - Friedrich Nietzsche
Spell Of The Sensuous: Perceptions : Perceptions - David Abram

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF
Mortals : How the fear of death shaped human society - Ross G. Menzies
The Book of Memory : Or, How to Live Forever - Mark Rowlands

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF
Illusions - Richard Bach

Paperback

$20.75