According to folk psychology, instrumental music regularly elicits emotions in listeners. Semantic scholar extracted view of asceticism and early christian lifestyle by joona salminen. Emotions from plato to the renaissance springerlink. From stoic agitation to christian temptation the gifford lectures richard sorabji while the central focus of the book is the stoics, sorabji draws on a vast range of texts to give a rich historical survey of how western thinking about this central aspect of human nature developed. It came into much wider use in 18thcentury english, often to refer to mental experiences, becoming a fully fledged theoretical term in the following century, especially through the influence. Philosophy and phenomenological research is open to a variety of methodologies and traditions as reflected by a statement appearing in every issue. While the central focus of the book is the stoics, sorabji draws on a vast range of texts to give a rich historical survey of how western thinking about this central aspect of human nature developed. In their view, an emotion is a pair of value judgements that harm or benefit if at hand, and that it is appropriate to react. Pdf asceticism and early christian lifestyle semantic scholar. From stoic agitation to christian temptation richard sorabji abstract. Apatheia in stoicism, refers to a state of mind in which one is not disturbed by the passions. For more on stoic first movements or prepassions, see richard sorabji emotion and peace of mind. Emotion and peace of mind this page intentionally left blank emotion and peace of mind from stoic agitation to christian temptation the gifford lectures. Richard sorabji presents a study of ancient greek views of the emotions and their influence on subsequent theories and attitudes, pagan and christian.
From stoic agitation to christian temptation gifford lectures new ed by richard sorabji isbn. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. The oxford handbook of philosophy of emotion, edited by peter goldie, oxford. From stoic agitation to christian temptation oxford university c peter king, in reason and emotion in. This includes all the strange and messy interactions of life. It is true that we focus most of our attention on the amazing tool that is the human mind, but we understand that emotions are part of that mental landscape.
It could mean a commotion among a group of people as in the phrase public emotion, or a physical agitation of anything at all, from the weather, or a. It concerns the state of mind of senecas friend annaeus serenus, and how to cure serenus of anxiety, worry and disgust with life. In this world, emotion was experienced not so much as an inner state, the agitation of a private, privileged self, but first and foremost as a reaction to public encounters in which every actors social self was at stake. The main idea is to consider the flagellant movement of 1260 as a collective emotion which, beyond the affects pertaining to it, is also a social practice that finds its efficiency in the spiritual meaning of its collective display, demonstrating the rationality of a seemingly irrational religious phenomenon. The term was later adopted by plotinus in his development of neoplatonism, in which apatheia was the souls freedom from emotion achieved when it reaches its purified state. While scholastic authors defended aquinass taxonomy of eleven emotions, many were interested in scotuss theory of the passions of the will. Emotion and peace of mind from stoic agitation to christian temptation, richard sorabji, 2002, philosophy, 512 pages. From stoic agitation to christian temptation oxford university press, 2000, chapters 23. Publication date 2000 topics emotions philosophy history, peace of mind, stoics history, fathers of the church, theology history early church, ca. In fact, augustine now thought that in marriage a bad thing, lust was put to a good use, procreation, but he could not agree with pelagians that in marriage lust was good in moderation.
How music makes us feel by alexander economides under the. While the central focus of the book is the stoics, sorabji draws on a vast range of texts to give a. Sorabji has recently drawn attention to some of the relevant passages emotion and peace of mind. In his latest magisterial study richard sorabji casts his net much wider than the title suggests, to give an overview of ancient theories on emotion, including views of the presocratics. The stoics are indeed a prime source for considering cognitive theories of emotion in the ancient world, and i would also recommend richard sorabjis work emotion and peace of mind.
Augustine and the cognitive cause of stoic preliminary. The central focus of the book is the stoics, but sorabji draws on a vast range of texts to give a rich historical survey of how western thinking about this central aspect of human nature developed. Cooper i the ancient stoics notoriously argued, with thoroughness and force, that all ordinary emotions passions, mental affections. From stoic agitation to christian temptation oxford. Emotion and peace of mind richard sorabji oxford university press. Currently, professor graver is aaron lawrence professor in classics at dartmouth, where stoicism and emotion. Professor margaret graver is one of the best known and respected scholars on stoicism and ancient philosophy. From stoic agitation to christian temptation by richard sorabji.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The stoics chrysippus, seneca, epictetus tell us how to. He was made a foreign honorary member of the american academy of arts and sciences in 1999. In both its french and english forms, emotion was a word denoting physical disturbance and bodily movement. Sex, love, and marriage in pagan philosophy and the use of catharsis 273 19. He argues that for ancient philosophers and early christians alike, philosophical analyses on the human emotions provided useful therapies for emotional disturbance. From stoic agitation to christian temptation, by richard sorabji, philosophical books 43. Emotion and peace of mind johns hopkins university.
The stoic motto, live according to nature, challenges us to learn how we fit into this ever expanding universe. The stoics chrysippus, seneca, epictetus tell us how to get rid of unwanted emotions by reevaluating situations cognitive therapy. From stoic agitation to christian temptation gifford lectures the gifford lectures sorabji, richard on. For the modern reader, this short, powerful work offers insight into how to think like a stoic. Sorabjis emotion and peace of mind, subtitled from stoic agitation to christian temptation, traces the historical development of ancient philosophy on emotions, emphasizing the contribution of the stoics to the debates about what emotion is in general and how to. Justus lipsiuss defense of the stoic ideal of freedom from emotions was a significant contribution to neostoicism.
It could mean a commotion among a group of people as in the phrase public emotion, or a physical agitation of anything at all, from the weather, or a tree, to the human body dejean, 1997. Apr 06, 20 the stoic motto, live according to nature, challenges us to learn how we fit into this ever expanding universe. Sorabjis emotion and peace of mind, subtitled from stoic agitation to christian temptation, traces the historical development of ancient philosophy on emotions. From stoic agitation to christian temptation gifford lectures the gifford lectures. In emotion and peace of mind, sorabji examines how the stoics developed the idea of emotions as judgements internal to the mind, differing from platonists, who regarded emotions as rooted in the irrational faculties of the soul. Augustine was attacked by pelagians as still being a manichaean who deplored marriage.
The central focus of the book is the stoics, but sorabji draws on a vast range of texts. Two different types of projects in stoic ethics are identified. From stoic agitation to christian temptation new york. Driver, the university of texas at austin, and connie s. Request pdf on jan 1, 2005, bonnie kent and others published emotion and peace of mind. From stoic agitation to christian temptation as want to read. The emotional life of the wise i princeton university. Illuminating the path of the prokopton by christopher fisher prosoche. I defend the folk psychological position against these skeptics. From stoic agitation to christian temptation the gifford lectures at. Richard sorabji presents a groundbreaking study of ancient greek views of the emotions and their influence on subsequent theories and attitudes, pagan and christian. In their view, an emotion is a pair of value judgements that harm or benefit if at hand, and that it is. Philosophy and life in ancient greek and roman philosophy. The word emotion has existed in english since the 17th century, originating as a translation of the french emotion, meaning a physical disturbance.
Nussbaum, upheavals of thought cambridge university press, 2001, 234. For further references to this work, see notes 2830 and 99 below. He gave gifford lectures in 1996 and 1997, which were later published in 2000 as emotion and peace of mind. Sir richard rustom kharsedji sorabji, cbe, fba born 8 november 1934 is a british historian. Philosophers and psychologists such as kivy, konecni and zangwill have questioned the existence of these musically elicited emotions, arguing that instrumental music elicits moods or aesthetic judgments rather than emotions. From stoic agitation to christian temptation, oxford. Drawing on a vast range of ancient sources, she argues that the chief demand of stoic ethics is not that we should suppress or deny our feelings, but that we should perfect the rational mind at the core of every human being. The term passed into early christian teaching in which apatheia meant freedom from unruly urges or compulsions. Catharsis and the classification of therapies 288 iii.