Stories
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
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Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’
An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.
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Surviving a flesh-eating disease
Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.
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Shame, condemnation and conscience
Where does shame comes from and what fuels it? Lucia Osborne-Crowley explores audience, gender and the difference between shame and guilt, asking if either can ever be useful.
Catalogue
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The Stoics / F.H. Sandbach.
Sandbach, F. H.Date: 1975- Books
The Stoics on ambiguity / Catherine Atherton.
Atherton, Catherine.Date: 1993- Books
Physics of the Stoics / S. Sambursky.
Sambursky, Samuel, 1900-Date: [1973, ©1959]- Books
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The morals of Cicero. Containing, I. His conferences de finibus: or, concerning the ends of things good and evil. In which, all the principles of the Epicureans, Stoics, and Academics, concerning the ultimate point of happiness and misery, are fully discuss'd. II. His academics; or, conferences concerning the criterion of truth, and the fallibility of human judgment. Translated into English, by William Guthrie, Esq;
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
Hellenistic philosophy : stoics, epicureans, sceptics / A.A. Long.
Long, A. A.Date: 1986