Philosophical themes in Galen / edited by Peter Adamson, Rotraud Hansberger & James Wilberding.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adamson, Peter, 1972- editor.

Hansberger, Rotraud E. (Rotraud Elisabeth), 1974- editor.

Wilberding, James, editor.

Series:

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement ; 114.

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies supplement ; 114

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Galen.

Galen--Criticism and interpretation.

Philosophy, Ancient--Criticism and interpretation.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

v, 327 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2014.

Contents:

Introduction

Galen and the philosophers: philosophical engagement, shadowy contemporaries, Aristotelian transformations / P.N. Singer

Genre and Galen's philosophical discourses / Todd Curtis

Galen on what is persuasive (pithanon) and what approximates to truth / Riccardo Chiaradonna

Galen on the nature of human beings / Philip van der Eijk

Galen on mental illness: a physiological approach to phrenitis / Glenda McDonald

Galen's theory of elements / Inna Kupreeva

Galen on void / Peter Adamson

Galen's refutation of atomism / David Leith

On Galen's theory of vision / Katerina Ierodiakonou

The secret of sentient vegetative life in Galen / James Wilberding

What does pseudo-Galen tell us that Galen does not? Ancient medical schools in the Roman Empire / Caroline Petit

Index of subjects and persons

Index locorum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781905670505

1905670508

OCLC:

884865747