Philosophical Perspectives on Galen of Pergamum: Four Case-Studies on Human Nature and the Relation between Body and Soul /
An innovative study of the work of Galen, and the topics of body-soul relations, human nature and melancholy in ancient Greek philosophy.
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2022]
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Philosophia Antiqua ;
166.
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Call Number: PA27
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Other Notes
- Introduction
- 1 The Cultivation of the Soul in a 'Physicalist' World
- Ethical Philosophy in Galen's QAM
- Introduction
- 1 Aristotle and the Non-rational Parts of the Soul
- 2 Plato and the Rational Part of the Soul
- 3 Positioning in the Scholarly Debate
- 4 The Possible Continuity in the Divine and Human Formation of the Bodily Mixture
- Conclusion
- 2 Galen on the Nature of Man
- Introduction
- 1 The Primary Substance
- 2 Divisio ad principes: a Hippocratic-Platonic Method
- 3 Elements and Qualities
- 4 Grades and Shades of Nature
- 5 Nature of the Body, Nature of the Soul
- Conclusion
- 3 Soul, Mixture and Galen's Timaeus
- Introduction
- 1 Sources
- 2 Scope of the Commentary
- 3 Basic Tendencies in Galen's Interpretation of the Timaeus
- 4 Comparing Galen's Timaeus to the Larrain Fragments
- Conclusion
- 4 Galen on Black Bile and Melancholy
- Introduction
- 1 Precedents
- 2 Galen on Black Bile
- 3 Galen on Melancholy
- Conclusion on Black Bile and Melancholy
- General Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.