Sleep and dreaming in Greek and Roman philosophy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 906-910

  Barbera, Joseph ^a,b  

^a Youthdale Child and Adolescent Sleep Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancient philosophy; Aristotle; Democritus; Dream; History; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL THINKING; DREAMING; GREECE; HALLUCINATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; ITALY; LEISURE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NIGHTMARE; NONREM SLEEP; PERCEPTION; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SOCIAL BELIEF; WAKEFULNESS;

DREAMS; GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY; ROMAN WORLD; SLEEP;

EID: 55549133625     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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