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

• Main Author: Boyle, Marjorie O'Rourke (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Religion and sociology.; History.; Literature-History and criticism.; History of Philosophy.; Religion and Society.; History of Science.; Literary History.

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....