Emotion and Peace of Mind - Sorabji, Richard (Research Professor of Philosophy at King's College London a and Fellow, Research Professor of Philosophy at King's College London a and Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford)

Presents a study of ancient Greek views of the emotions and their influence on subsequent theories and attitudes, pagan and Christian. This book focuses on the Stoics, drawing on a range of texts to give a survey of how Western thinking about this central aspect of human nature developed.