Philosophy and dietetics in the Hippocratic On regimen : a delicate balance of health /
This book offers the first extended study published in English on the Hippocratic treatise On Regimen , one of the most important pre-Platonic documents of the discussion of human nature and other topics at the intersection of ancient medicine and philosophy. It is not only a unique example of class...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2015]
Series:
Studies in Ancient Medicine
44.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.
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Call Number: R723 .B37 2015
| Summary: | This book offers the first extended study published in English on the Hippocratic treatise On Regimen , one of the most important pre-Platonic documents of the discussion of human nature and other topics at the intersection of ancient medicine and philosophy. It is not only a unique example of classical Greek dietetic literature, including the most elaborated account of the micro-macrocosm and phusis - technē analogies, but it also provides the most explicit discussion of the soul-body opposition preceding Plato. Moreover, Bartoš argues, it is a rare example of an extant medical text which systematically draws on philosophical authorities, such as Heraclitus, Empedocles and Anaxagoras, and which had a decisive influence on both physicians, such as Galen, and philosophers, most notably Plato and Aristotle. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 340 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004289550 |
| ISSN: | 0925-1421 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |