Conjunctions of Mind, Soul and Body from Plato to the Enlightenment ed. by Danijela Kambasković
Natasha Amendola
Reviewed by: Conjunctions of Mind, Soul and Body from Plato to the Enlightenment ed. by Danijela Kambasković Natasha Amendola Kambasković, Danijela, ed, (Studies in History Philosophy 15) Heidelberg, Springer, 2014; hardback; pp. xviii, 421; 22 b/w images; R.R.P. €129,99; ISBN 978940179010. offers eighteen essays both seasoned scholars younger members academe. They take historical perspectives on relationship between body our more ethereal qualities. The foreword is written Andrew Lynch, then Deputy Director Australian Research Council Centre for Emotions, drawing attention importance emotions as a framework contributors. book published within Springer series history philosophy mind, which hopes encompass variety disciplines its intellectual peregrinations being historically accurate accessible contemporary reader. I do not think many readers would read this volume cover cover, due range topics periods addressed; however, there are so excellent that it will be referred constantly. structured around four sections, each containing six essays. first section, 'Text Self-Perception', ranges eleventh century with an analysis body/soul nexus writings [End Page 220] Byzantine Michael Psellos (Graeme Miles) post-Enlightenment, comparison Renaissance modern self-portraits (Richard Read). was fascinated first-person intrusions into chronicle, through geopolitical context narrator solicits readers' pity (Alicia Marchant). highlight section me, essay late Philippa Maddern why slander considered bad murder medieval England; basis soul essential essence than bodies. It fitting dedicated her memory. second 'Emotion' dealt like tears (Michael W. Champion); mixed or conflicting (R. S. White); use bodily memories tap persuading audience (Daniel Derrin); music love, especially educational setting (Katherine Wallace). Like previous these traversed several centuries, ensuring material readers. largest entitled 'Sex'. opening takes us further back history, presenting bodies souls Carolingian (William Schipper). followed conflicted status Héloise 'chaste whore' (Laura French) interpretation Jean LeFèvre de Ressons (Karen Pratt) based his humour: detailed LeFèvre's approach across works relation texts. medieval/scriptural ambivalence toward sex cannot ignored such volume, tackled Wim François he approaches Paul, Augustine Guilielmus Estius. A 'sex' also requires something book's editor, asserts love allowed greater authority past; renown poets Dante Petrarch contrasted attachment science lesser desire 'process creative endeavour' (p. 274). In final 'Material Souls', idea reappears Manfred Horstmanshoff explores historic physiology crying. Thereafter, essay, time mapping senses varied emotions, using Shakespearian lens. fittingly discusses soul, focus eighteenth-century philosophic discourse how relates various elements body. This does offer light reading, but to...
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