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A mad yearning for solitude: Timon the Misanthrope and his relevance to the study of ancient psychopathology

Ancient Greek and Latin medical authors considered a flight into solitude a compelling sign of mental disturbance, frequently described as misanthropia, a word fraught with meaning beyond the medical discourse. The fictionalised character Timon of Athens, the quintessential misanthrope, can shed lig...

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Autor principal: Metzger, Nadine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10160400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36876402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957154X231157187