The symptom and the subject : the emergence of the physical body in ancient Greece / Brooke Holmes.

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 Eurip...

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Main Author: Holmes, Brooke, 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
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