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Title
Health : a history / Peter Adamson.
ISBN
9780190921293 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
R723
Dewey Decimal Classification
610.1
Summary
This text brings together contributions by historians of philosophy and medicine to trace the concept of health from ancient Greece and China, through the Islamic world, down to modern thinkers like Descartes and Freud. Major themes include the parallel between mental and physical health and the difficulty of defining health.
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This text brings together contributions by historians of philosophy and medicine to trace the concept of health from ancient Greece and China, through the Islamic world, down to modern thinkers like Descartes and Freud. Major themes include the parallel between mental and physical health and the difficulty of defining health.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 8, 2019).
Added Author
Adamson, Peter, 1972- editor.
Series
Oxford philosophical concepts.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780199916429
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