书名: Emotions in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
作者: Simo Knuuttila (Author)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition (October 30, 2006)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 019920411X
ISBN-13: 978-0199204113
Book Description
Emotions are the focus of intense debate both in contemporary philosophy and psychology and increasingly also in the history of ideas. Simo Knuuttila presents a comprehensive survey of philosophical theories of emotion from Plato to Renaissance times, combining rigorous philosophical analysis with careful historical reconstruction. The first part of the book covers the conceptions of Plato and Aristotle and later ancient views from Stoicism to Neoplatonism and, in addition, their reception and transformation by early Christian thinkers from Clement and Origen to Augustine and Cassian. Knuuttila then proceeds to a discussion of ancient themes in medieval thought, and of new medieval conceptions, codified in the so-called faculty psychology from Avicenna to Aquinas, in thirteenth century taxonomies, and in the voluntarist approach of Duns Scotus, William Ockham, and their followers. Philosophers, classicists, historians of philosophy, historians of psychology, and anyone interested in emotion will find much to stimulate them in this fascinating book.
Review
"While primarily of interest to philosophers and theologians, the book may yet have something of value for historians of medicine...portions of Knuuttila's book could have contemporary significance for psychology as well." --Choice
About the Author
Simo Knuuttila is at University of Helsinki.
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作者: Simo Knuuttila (Author)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition (October 30, 2006)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 019920411X
ISBN-13: 978-0199204113
Book Description
Emotions are the focus of intense debate both in contemporary philosophy and psychology and increasingly also in the history of ideas. Simo Knuuttila presents a comprehensive survey of philosophical theories of emotion from Plato to Renaissance times, combining rigorous philosophical analysis with careful historical reconstruction. The first part of the book covers the conceptions of Plato and Aristotle and later ancient views from Stoicism to Neoplatonism and, in addition, their reception and transformation by early Christian thinkers from Clement and Origen to Augustine and Cassian. Knuuttila then proceeds to a discussion of ancient themes in medieval thought, and of new medieval conceptions, codified in the so-called faculty psychology from Avicenna to Aquinas, in thirteenth century taxonomies, and in the voluntarist approach of Duns Scotus, William Ockham, and their followers. Philosophers, classicists, historians of philosophy, historians of psychology, and anyone interested in emotion will find much to stimulate them in this fascinating book.
Review
"While primarily of interest to philosophers and theologians, the book may yet have something of value for historians of medicine...portions of Knuuttila's book could have contemporary significance for psychology as well." --Choice
About the Author
Simo Knuuttila is at University of Helsinki.
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