Friends of Antiquity RD Milns Memorial Lecture: antiquity's answers to modern anxieties

Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity at the annual RD Milns Memorial Lecture, titled 'Antiquity's answers to modern anxieties’.

 

Generalised anxiety disorder is often regarded as a curse of modern life and its individualism, competition, risk and uncertainty. It affects a staggering number of people globally, including one in six Australians.

 

However, the first diagnoses of anxiety can be traced back to antiquity, where they were often linked to philosophical misunderstandings as much as to any physical ailments.

 

Professor Deborah Brown examines important philosophical remedies for anxiety, spanning from the Hellenistic era to the early modern period and beyond. Central to these remedies are cultivating the right perspective on the brevity of life and using humour to navigate its ups and downs.

 

This is the last Friends of Antiquity event for 2024 and will be followed by Christmas drinks and nibbles.