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" Stoicism & emotion / "
Margaret R. Graver.
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BL
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988511
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b742881
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Graver, Margaret.
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Stoicism emotion /\ Margaret R. Graver.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (x, 289 pages) :: illustrations
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0226305201
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: 1281956910
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: 9780226305202
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: 9781281956910
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0226305570
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9780226305578
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and indexes.
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| Abstract
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On the surface, stoicism and emotion seem like contradictory terms. Yet the Stoic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome were deeply interested in the emotions, which they understood as complex judgments about what we regard as valuable in our surroundings. Stoicism and Emotion shows that they did not simply advocate an across-the-board suppression of feeling, as stoicism implies in today?s English, but instead conducted a searching examination of these powerful psychological responses, seeking to understand what attitude toward them expresses the deepest respect for human potential. In this.
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Emotions (Philosophy)
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Stoics.
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Emotions (Philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY-- Movements-- Humanism.
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Stoics.
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128/.37093
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B528.G73 2007eb
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Stoicism and emotion
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