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Early Psychological Thought Ancient Accounts of Mind and Soul
Christopher D. Green, Philip R. Groff
Book Code: GM1845
ISBN: 0-313-31845-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31845-0
208 pages, figures, map, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/30/2003
List Price: $78.95 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [a]n interesting, well-written volume, with an engaging mix of historical circumstance and philosophical ideas about mind and soul. The book is accessible to general readers and informative about a key period in Western history. Its relevance to those interested in Greek and Roman issues rather than psychology per se strengthens its case and leads this reviewer to recommend it in those disciplines.... recommended for ancient studies. All levels.
    —Choice     March 2004
  • [a] valuable contribution to the history of psychological thought, and should definitely be read by any psychologist who wants to know more about the vast variety of speculative thought that flourished in Greek and Roman times.
    —Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences     Spring 2004
Description: The modern view of the mind is the result of thousands of years of thought, discussion, and experimentation. This volume examines how the foundations of this concept were laid in the ancient world, focusing on the role of psyche in the thought of the most influential philosophers, poets, and physicians from archaic Greece to the fall of Rome. The authors show how the various processes we now group together under the general rubric "psychology"--such as thought, emotion, desire, and will--began as relatively disparate parts of the Greek conceptual scheme, only converging gradually over the course of centuries into what we now call "mind." By reconstructing what the ancient Greeks and Romans understood by terms such as psyche, phrenes, and nous, this survey of the early development of psychological thought highlights the legacies of their accounts, which can still be found embedded in modern psychological assumptions.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Early Greek Poetry of Mind and Soul
  • The Emergence of Philosophy
  • The Classical Greek Philosophy of Mind and Soul
  • Aristotle's Account of the Psychê
  • Hellenistic Philosophy of the Mind and Soul
  • The Medical Tradition
  • The Roman Empire: Christianity and Neoplatonism
LC Card Number: 2002029760
LCC Class: BF91
Dewey Class: 150
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