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William V. Harris (Volume Editor)
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Mental Disorders in the Classical World
Cure and (In)curability of Mental Disorders in Ancient Medical and Philosophical Thought
Authors

Philip van der Eijk

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1674442171866_9291713

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Pages

307–338

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Front Matter
W.V. Harris
i–xvii
Thinking about Mental Disorders in Classical Antiquity
W.V. Harris
1–23
‘Carving Nature at the Joints’: The Dream of a Perfect Classification of Mental Illness
Bennett Simon
27–40
If Only the Ancients Had Had DSM, All Would Have Been Crystal Clear: Reflections on Diagnosis
Julian C. Hughes
41–58
The Early Greek Medical Vocabulary of Insanity
Chiara Thumiger
61–95
The Typology and Aetiology of Madness in Ancient Greek Medical and Philosophical Writing
Jacques Jouanna
97–118
Galenic Madness
Vivian Nutton
119–127
What Is a Mental Illness, and How Can It Be Treated? Galen’s Reply as a Doctor and Philosopher
Véronique Boudon-Millot
129–145
Disturbing Connections: Sympathetic Affections, Mental Disorder, and the Elusive Soul in Galen
Brooke Holmes
147–176
Plato on Madness and the Good Life
Katja Maria Vogt
177–192
Mental Disorder and the Perils of Definition: Characterizing Epilepsy in Greek Scientific Discourse (5th–4th Centuries BCE)
Roberto Lo Presti
195–222
Medical Epistemology and Melancholy: Rufus of Ephesus and Miskawayh
Peter E. Pormann
223–243
‘Quem nos furorem, μελαγχολιαν illi vocant’: Cicero on Melancholy
George Kazantzidis
245–264
Fear of Flute Girls, Fear of Falling
Helen King
265–282
Greek and Roman Hallucinations
W.V. Harris
285–306
Cure and (In)curability of Mental Disorders in Ancient Medical and Philosophical Thought
Philip van der Eijk
307–338
Philosophical Therapy as Preventive Psychological Medicine
Christopher Gill
339–360
From Homeric ate to Tragic Madness
Suzanne Saïd
363–393
The Madness of Tragedy
Glenn W. Most
395–410
Mental Illness, Moral Error, and Responsibility in Late Plato
Maria Michela Sassi
413–426
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