Abstract
A new light can be thrown on Seneca's tragedies through the knowledge of the main features of Stoic Pneumatic Medical School. From its doctrines, Seneca borrowed the idea of mind-body interaction, along with the descriptions of the psycho-somatic diseases called mania and melancholia. All this features were transferred to the characters of Seneca's tragedies, whose furor is an actual sickness.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Philosophia medica and rhetoric medicine in Seneca. The pneumatic school, anger, melancholia. |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
Editore | Vita e Pensiero |
Numero di pagine | 263 |
ISBN (stampa) | 978883432062 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2011 |
Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |
Keywords
- Seneca, ira, mania, melancolia, tragedie, filosofia