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- Presents a major text on hypochondria and hysteria by a major 18th century philosopher
- Shows that Mandeville may be seen as the rightful precursor of the Freudian talking cure
- Makes available a work that has been unavailable for more than thirty years
Part of the book series: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées (ARCH, volume 223)
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Book Title: Bernard Mandeville: A Treatise of the Hypochondriack and Hysterick Diseases (1730)
Editors: Sylvie Kleiman-Lafon
Series Title: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57781-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57779-1Published: 02 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86247-7Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57781-4Published: 18 September 2017
Series ISSN: 0066-6610
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0307
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 238
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Philosophy, History of Medicine, History of Psychology