<I>Pharmakon</I> traces the emergence of an ethical discourse in ancient Greece one centered on states of psychological ecstasy. In the dialogues of Plato philosophy is itself characterized as a pharmakon one superior to a large number of rival occupations each of which laid claim to their powers being derived from connected with or likened to a pharmakon. Accessible yet erudite <I>Pharmakon</I> is one of the most comprehensive examinations of the place of intoxicants in ancient thought yet written.
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