Recovering the body: a philosophical story

[Ottawa, Ontario]: University of Ottawa Press (2013)
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Pt. I. The road to mechanism : ancient Greece to the scientific revolution. Body and soul at war : Plato -- Body and nature : Aristotle and the Stoics -- The resurrection of the body : Christianity -- From astrology to the cult of dissection : the Renaissance -- The body-machine : Descartes -- The road not followed : Spinoza -- pt. II. The limits of mechanism : contemporary problems and solutions. The legacy of mechanism : the fragmenting and disappearing body -- Recovering the body : yoga -- Recovering the body : alternative medicine.

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B105.B64.C64 2013

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9780776607993

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Part I The road to Mechanism: ancient greece to the Scientific revolution

Part II the limits of Mechanism: Contemporary problems and Solutions

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