Cultural Anatomies of the Heart in Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, and Harvey

This book probes beneath modern scientific and sentimental concepts of the heart to discover its past mysteries. Historical hearts evidenced essential aspects of human existence that still endure in modern thought and experience of political community, psychological mentality, and physical vitality....

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Hlavný autor: Boyle, Marjorie O'Rourke (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydanie:1st ed. 2018.
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ISBN:9783319936536
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Obsah:
  • Introduction
  • Aristotle's Cardiac Vessel
  • Augustine's Law of the Heart: Theives' Honor
  • Aquinas's Law of the Heart: Natural Reason
  • John Calvin, Heart in Hand
  • Harvey, by Hercules! The Hero of the Blood's Circulation.