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Pharmakon: Plato, Drug Culture, and Identity in Ancient Athens Michael A. Rinella
Pharmakon: Plato, Drug Culture, and Identity in Ancient Athens
Michael A. Rinella
Pharmakon traces the emergence of an ethical discourse in ancient Greece, one centered on states of psychological ecstasy. In the dialogues of Plato, philosophy is itself characterized as a pharmakon, one superior to a large number of rival occupations, each of which laid clai...
358 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 23, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780739146873 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 358 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 152 × 26 mm · 546 g |
| Language | English |