Galen and Chrysippus on the soul : argument and refutation in the De placitis, books II-III /

This volume deals with books II and III of the On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato by the medical scientist and philosopher Galen of Pergamum (129-c. 210 CE ). In these books Galen offers an extensive critique of Stoic psychology, quoting a large number of passages from the otherwise lost trea...

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Main Author: Tieleman, Teun.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1996.

Series: Philosophia Antiqua 68.
Philosophia Antiqua Online, ISBN: 9789004319752.

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Call Number: B577.G24 T45 1996

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • GALEN ON SCIENTIFIC METHOD (PHPII 1-4.5.)
  • THE SEAT OF THE MIND INQUIRY AND REFUTATION (PHPII 4.5-8.28)
  • DIGESTION AND RESPIRATION DIOGENES OF BABYLON AND OTHERS (PHP II 8.29-51)
  • THE TRADITIONAL BACKGROUND
  • CONCLUSION TO PART ONE
  • PRELIMINARIES
  • THE BEGINNING OF CHRYSIPPUS' DEMONSTRATION
  • CHRYSIPPUS AND SCIENCE
  • LANGUAGE AND RELATED PHENOMENA
  • POETRY
  • THE ARGUMENT FROM THE PASSIONS, CONTINUED
  • CHRYSIPPUS' DEMONSTRATION: A GENERAL EVALUATION
  • CONCLUSION TO PART TWO
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX LOCORUM POTIORUM
  • PHILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA by J. MANSFELD , D.T. RUNIA and J.C.M. VAN WINDEN.