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===Homer=== |
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In [[Homer]]'s works, ''thumos'' was used to denote emotions, desire, or an internal urge. ''Thumos'' was a permanent possession of living man, to which his thinking and feeling belonged. When a Homeric hero is under emotional stress, he may externalize his ''thumos'' and converse with or scold it.Long, A. A |
In [[Homer]]'s works, ''thumos'' was used to denote emotions, desire, or an internal urge. ''Thumos'' was a permanent possession of living man, to which his thinking and feeling belonged. When a Homeric hero is under emotional stress, he may externalize his ''thumos'' and converse with or scold it.Long, A. A. [http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=DicHist/uvaGenText/tei/DicHist4.xml;chunk.id=dv4-01 Psychological Ideas in Antiquity.] In: ''[[Dictionary of the History of Ideas]]''. 1973-74 [2003]. [[Achilles]], in the ''[[Iliad]]'', cares for his own honour; he keeps gods and deities in his heart; "...the thunderous lord of [[Hera]] might grant you the winning of glory, you must not set your mind on fighting the [[Troy|Trojans]], whose delight is in battle, without me. So you will diminish my honour (thumos)."{{cite book |last1=Homer |title=The Iliad (Wordsworth Classics) |date=2003 |publisher=Wordsworth Classics |location=Ware, Hertfordshire: England |isbn=978-1853262425 |edition= New }} |
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=== Democritus === |
=== Democritus === |
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