| Description |
1 online resource (x, 363 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford philosophical concepts |
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Oxford philosophical concepts.
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| Contents |
Cover; Series; Health; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Colour Plates; Introduction; 1. Health and Philosophy in Pre- and Early Imperial China; 2. Medical Conceptions of Health from Antiquity to the Renaissance; 3. The Soul's Virtue and the Health of the Body in Ancient Philosophy; Reflection: Phrontis: The Patient Meets the Text; 4. Health in Arabic Ethical Works; Reflection: The Rationality of Medieval Leechbooks; 5. Health in the Renaissance; Reflection: Early Modern Anatomy and the Human Skeleton; 6. Health in the Early Modern Philosophical Tradition |
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7. Health in the Eighteenth CenturyReflection: Pictures of Health?; 8. Freud and the Concept of Mental Health; Reflection: Portrait of the Healthy Artist; 9. Contemporary Accounts of Health; Bibliography; Index of Terms; Index of Authors and Works |
| Summary |
This book brings together contributions by historians of philosophy and medicine to trace the concept of health from ancient Greece and China, through the Islamic world, down to modern thinkers like Descartes and Freud. Major themes include the parallel between mental and physical health and the difficulty of defining health |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 01, 2019) |
| Subject |
Medicine -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy, Medical
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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Medicine -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Adamson, Peter, 1972- editor.
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| LC no. |
2018022021 |
| ISBN |
9780190921293 |
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0190921293 |
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9780199916436 |
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0199916438 |
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9780190921286 |
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0190921285 |
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