The Philosopher's Toothache: Embodied Stoicism in Early Modern English Drama

(Part of the Rethinking the Early Modern Series)

by Donovan Sherman

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The Philosopher's Toothache proposes that early modern Stoicism constituted a radical mode of performance. Stoicism--with its focus on bodily sensation, imagined spectatorship, and daily mental and physical exercise--exists as what the philosopher Pierre Hadot calls a "way of life," a set of habits and practices. To be a Stoic is not to espouse doctrine but to act.

Informed by work in both classical philosophy and performance studies,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:081014414X

ISBN13:9780810144149

Release Date:November 2021

Publisher:Northwestern University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.57 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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