Book ID: CBB475224240

Sleep and Dreams in Early Greek Thought: Presocratic and Hippocratic Approaches (2022)

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Stephanie Holton (Author)


Routledge


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 259
Language: English

This book examines how sleep and dreams were approached in early Greek thought, highlighting the theories of the Presocratic and Hippocratic writers on both phenomena as more varied, complex, and substantial than is usually credited. It explores how the Presocratic natural philosophers and early Hippocratic medical writers developed theories which drew from wider investigations into physiology and psychology, the natural world and the self, while also engaging with wider literary depictions and established cultural beliefs. Although the focus is predominantly on Presocratic and Hippocratic ideas, this is not exclusive: attention is devoted from the outset to sleep and dreams in Homer and the mythic tradition, as well as to depictions across lyric, drama, and historiography. Sleep and Dreams in Early Greek Thought provides a fascinating study of this topic which will be of interest to students and scholars of ancient medicine and the history of science, Greek philosophy, and classical culture more broadly. It is accessible to students with or without knowledge of the classical languages, and also to anyone with a general interest in the beliefs of the classical world.

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Authors & Contributors
Zaborowski, Robert
Curd, Patricia
Parroni, Eleonora
Chelsea Harry
Piergiorgio Parroni
Habash, Justin
Concepts
Pre-Socratic philosophers
Philosophy
Hippocratic medicine
Natural philosophy
Physics
Sleep; rest
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
20th century
10th century
Places
Greece
Middle and Near East
Byzantium
Rome (Italy)
Mesopotamia
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