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A pretty great introduction. - Goodreads But, holy mother of crap, what an awful writer. - Goodreads Reading for scholarly writing... - Goodreads it's not "introduction" it's "the will to knowledge"... - Goodreads Maybe I'll post some of my writing. - Goodreads Review: The History of Sexuality 3: The Care of the Self (The History of Sexuality #3)User Review - Andrew Cutler - GoodreadsInteresting take on how ancient Greek and Roman customs and medical ideas became the source of many of our modern hesitations surrounding sex and the care of the self. Some say Foucault made up a bunch of his references but I like the text and it has some novel ideas. Read full review Review: The History of Sexuality 1: An Introduction (The History of Sexuality #1)User Review - Fathima Cader - Goodreads3.5/5. some parts very readable. what do philosophers have against backing their shit up. a little empirical or even anecdotal backgrounding would have been nice. Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesaccording Aeschines Alcibiades animals aphrodisia Aristophanes Aristotle austerity authority beauty body Christian classical concerning conjugal constituted define Demosthenes desire dietetics Diogenes Laertius domination elements enkrateia Epicrates eromenos Eros Erotic Essay ethical subject Euthydemus exercise fact give govern Greek thought Hippocrates Homosexuality honor household husband Ibid important individual intercourse Ischomachus Isocrates K. J. Dover Laws Lives of Eminent love of boys lover male marital marriage married matter Memorabilia moderation nature Nicocles Nicomachean Ethics object of pleasure obligations Oeconomicus one's oneself Oribasius partners Phaedrus Plato political possible principle problem problematization procreation question reason reference regard regimen rela relationship Republic role rule sexual activity sexual behavior sexual conduct sexual intercourse sexual pleasures sexual practice sexual relations slaves Socrates sophrosyne soul speech spouses status Symposium theme things Timaeus Timarchus tion VIII virtue whole wife woman women Xenophon young Bibliographic information |