Passions and Tempers: A History of the HumoursThe humours—blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler—were substances thought to circulate within the body and determine a person's health, mood, and character. For example, an excess of black bile was considered a cause of melancholy. The theory of humours remained an inexact but powerful tool for centuries, surviving scientific changes and offering clarity to physicians. This one-of-a-kind book follows the fate of these variable and invisible fluids from their Western origin in ancient Greece to their present-day versions. It traces their persistence from medical guidebooks of the past to current health fads, from the testimonies of medical doctors to the theories of scientists, physicians, and philosophers. By intertwining the histories of medicine, science, psychology, and philosophy, Noga Arikha revisits and revises how we think about all aspects of our physical, mental, and emotional selves. |
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... early modern worlds , in the Warburg Institute in London , where some years ago I conducted under the attentive supervision of Jill Kraye the doctoral work without which I would not have been able to conceive of a history of humours ...
... early on to give a seminar on Renaissance passions to his students of Montaigne at Columbia Uni- versity ; to Rosanna Warren for inviting me to submit some preliminary thoughts to her colleagues at Boston University ; to Edna Margalit ...
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Contents
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XII | 21 |
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XXV | 68 |
XXVI | 71 |
XXVII | 73 |
XXVIII | 78 |
XXIX | 80 |
XXX | 83 |
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XXXIII | 92 |
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XXXV | 98 |
XXXVI | 104 |
XXXVII | 109 |
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XXXIX | 113 |
XL | 115 |
XLI | 120 |
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XLIII | 126 |
XLIV | 130 |
XLV | 135 |
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LX | 191 |
LXI | 195 |
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LXV | 213 |
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LXX | 227 |
LXXI | 231 |
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LXXV | 246 |
LXXVI | 249 |
LXXVII | 253 |
LXXVIII | 258 |
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LXXX | 269 |
LXXXII | 271 |
LXXXIII | 274 |
LXXXIV | 280 |
LXXXV | 282 |
LXXXVI | 287 |
LXXXVII | 291 |
LXXXVIII | 295 |
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