The Face of Immortality: Physiognomy and Criticism
Series: Suny Series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: November 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780791462638
Subjects: Cultural studies; Literary studies: general; Phrenology & physiognomy; Philosophy; Literary Criticism; Europe; Semiotics & Theory; Mind & Body; Face (Philosophy); Aesthetics; European
First sentence: Galen had the disconcerting habit, according to a treatise On the Medical Names we only know through its Arabic translation, to reply to questions concerning the name of a sickness by throwing back at random proper names, such as: "The name of this fever is Zenon, or Apollonios," or any other name that might come to his mind.
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