Mind and Madness in Ancient Greece
Author: Bennett Simon
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13:
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Divine Mania
Author: Yulia Ustinova
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-10-16
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 1351581260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK‘Our greatest blessings come to us by way of mania, provided it is given us by divine gift,’ – says Socrates in Plato’s Phaedrus. Certain forms of alteration of consciousness, considered to be inspired by supernatural forces, were actively sought in ancient Greece. Divine mania comprises a fascinating array of diverse experiences: numerous initiates underwent some kind of alteration of consciousness during mystery rites; sacred officials and inquirers attained revelations in major oracular centres; possession states were actively sought; finally, some thinkers, such as Pythagoras and Socrates, probably practiced manipulation of consciousness. These experiences, which could be voluntary or involuntary, intense or mild, were interpreted as an invasive divine power within one’s mind, or illumination granted by a super-human being. Greece was unique in its attitude to alteration of consciousness. From the perspective of individual and public freedom, the prominent position of the divine mania in Greek society reflects its acceptance of the inborn human proclivity to experience alteration of consciousness, interpreted in positive terms as god-sent. These mental states were treated with cautious respect, and in contrast to the majority of complex societies, ancient and modern, were never suppressed or pushed to the cultural and social periphery.
Mental Disorders in Ancient Philosophy
Author: Marke Ahonen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2014-01-16
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 3319034316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a comprehensive study of the views of ancient philosophers on mental disorders. Relying on the original Greek and Latin textual sources, the author describes and analyses how the ancient philosophers explained mental illness and its symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions, strange fears and inappropriate moods and how they accounted for the respective roles of body and mind in such disorders. Also considered are ethical questions relating to mental illness, approaches to treatment and the position of mentally ill people in societies of the times. The volume opens with a historical overview that examines ancient medical accounts of mental illness, from Hippocrates' famous Sacred Disease to late antiquity medical authors. Separate chapters interpret in detail the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Galen and the Stoics and a final chapter summarises the views of various strains of Scepticism, the Epicurean school and the Middle and Neo-Platonists. Offering an important and useful contribution to the study of ancient philosophy, psychology and medicine. This volume sheds new light on the history of mental illness and presents a new angle on ancient philosophical psychology.
The Life and Health of the Mind in Classical Greek Medical Thought
Author: Chiara Thumiger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-06-09
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 1107176018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first substantial history of psychological thought in Classical Greek medicine, showing the relevance of ancient ideas to modern debates.
Whom Gods Destroy
Author: Ruth Padel
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780691025889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMadness is central to Western tragedy in all epochs, but we find the origins of this centrality in early Greece: in Homeric insight into the "damage a damaged mind can do." Greece, and especially tragedy, gave the West its permanent perception of madness as violent and damaging. Drawing on her deep knowledge of anthropology, psychoanalysis, Shakespeare, and the history of madness, as well as of Greek language and literature, Ruth Padel probes the Greek language of madness, which is fundamental to tragedy: translating, making it reader-friendly to nonspecialists, and showing how Greek images continued through medieval and Renaissance societies into a "rough tragic grammar" of madness in the modern period.
In and Out of the Mind
Author: Ruth Padel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780691037660
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores Greek conceptions of human innerness and the way in which Greek tragedy shaped European notions of mind and self.
The Greeks and the Irrational
Author: Eric R. Dodds
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2004-06-16
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0520242300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes of thought which we do not find in any society open to our direct observation?" Praised by reviewers as "an event in modern Greek scholarship" and "a book which it would be difficult to over-praise," The Greeks and the Irrational was Volume 25 of the Sather Classical Lectures series.
Bad Souls
Author: Elizabeth Anne Davis
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2012-02-08
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 0822351064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs part of the agreement for Greece to join the EU, the country had to undertake a massive psychiatric reform, moving patients out of custodial hospitals and returning them to the community to be treated as outpatients. In this subtle ethnography, Elizabeth Davis shows how this played out at the edge of the nation, in the border region of Thrace.
Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture
Author: Silvia Montiglio
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005-08-22
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 0226534979
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Examining the act of wandering through many lenses, Wandering in Ancient Greek Culture addresses questions such as: Why did the Greeks associate the figure of the wanderer with the condition of exile? How was the expansion of the world under Rome reflected in the connotations of wandering? Does a person learn by wandering, or is wandering a deviation from the truth? In the end, this matchless volume shows how the transformations that affected the figure of the wanderer coincided with new perceptions of the world and of travel, and invites us to consider its definition and import today."--BOOK JACKET.
Studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Society
Author: Robin Osborne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-07-15
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780521837699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of innovative essays on major topics in ancient Greece and Rome, first published in 2004.
