Pleasure A History Shapiro Lisa by Shapiro, Lisa 9780190225100, 9780190225117, 9780190225124, 9780190225131, 9780190882495, 0190225106, 0190225114, 0190225122, 0190225130 instant download after payment.

Cover; Series; Pleasure; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; List of Abbreviations; Contributors; Plates; 1 Introduction; 2 Two Platonic Criticisms of Pleasure; 3 Aristotle on the Heterogeneity of Pleasure; 4 This So Sullied Flesh? Islamic Approaches to Human Pleasures; Reflection: Engraving Pleasure in Philosophy Teaching Aids; 5 Pleasure in Later Medieval Latin Philosophy: The Case of Thomas Aquinas; 6 Malebranche on Pleasure and Awareness in Sensory Perception; 7 Pleasures, Pains, and Sensible Qualities in Berkeley's Philosophy.;Like other books in the Oxford Philosophical Concepts series, Pleasure traces the development of the concept from ancient times through the 20th century. The volume touches on ancient philosophy, including Plato, Aristotle, and Islamic philosophy, through to the early modern era and the development of scientific psychology, as well as contemporary notions of pleasure. Interdisciplinary reflections focus on pleasure in subjects other than philosophy, including music and painting.