On Melancholy Rufus of Ephesus

Rufus of Ephesus' (fl. ca. AD 100) On Melancholy deals with a medical condition oscillating between madness, depression, and bouts of great creativity. This collection of the Greek, Latin, and Arabic fragments makes this text easily available for the first time.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rufus, of Ephesus (-)
Otros Autores: Pormann, Peter E. editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck 2008
2008.
Edición:1. Aufl
Colección:Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia 137
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424534606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Social stress and political pressure : On melancholy in context / Simon Swain
  • Rufus of Ephesus in the medical context of his time / Vivian Nutton
  • Rufus' On melancholy and its philosophical background / Philip J. van der Eijk
  • Melancholy in the medieval world : the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions / Peter E. Pormann
  • Dürer and Rufus : Melencolia I in the medical tradition / Peter-Klaus Schuster, Jörg Völlnagel
  • Rufus of Ephesus and the tradition of the melancholy thinker / Peter Toohey
  • Rufus' legacy in the psychopathological literature of the (early) modern period / Thomas Rütten.