Pharmakon : Plato, drug culture, and identity in ancient Athens /

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Author / Creator:	Rinella, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xxix, 325 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Plato. Plato. -- Symposium. Plato. Symposium (Plato) Drug abuse -- Greece. Civilization. Drug abuse. Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C. Greece. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11160745

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ISBN:	9781461634010 1461634016 9780739146866 0739146866
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-309) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	Pharmakon traces the emergence of an ethical discourse in ancient Greece, one centered on states of psychological ecstasy. In the dialogues of Plato, philosophy is itself characterized as a pharmakon, one superior to a large number of rival occupations, each of which laid claim to their powers being derived from, connected with, or likened to, a pharmakon. Accessible yet erudite, Pharmakon is one of the most comprehensive examinations of the place of intoxicants in ancient thought yet written.
Other form:	Print version: Rinella, Michael A. (Michael Anthony). Pharmakon. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010 9780739146866
Standard no.:	3205799

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