Hippocrates, On the art of medicine [electronic resource] / by Joel E. Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Joel Eryn, 1975-

Series:

Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 39.

Studies in ancient medicine, 0925-1421 ; v. 39

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Philosophy.

Medicine.

Hippocrates. Peri technēs.

Hippocrates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 279 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

On the art of medicine

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Summary:

On the art of medicine , or de Arte , embodies as perhaps no other ancient text the full flower of the sophistic movement of the fifth century BCE. It is a rhetorical epideixis in which forensic oratory, philosophy, and medicine are woven into an ambitious display of sophistic polymathy. Unlike much previous scholarship, however, this book does not dismiss de Arte as “merely” rhetorical. Its analysis of the author’s philosophical and medical views reveals that he strove to promote a consistent and rationally grounded system capable of responding to theoretical and practical criticisms levied by those who would deny that there was such a thing as medicine or technē at all.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Joel E. Mann

Introduction / Joel E. Mann

∏ερì τέχυης / Joel E. Mann

On the Art of Medicine / Joel E. Mann

Commentary / Joel E. Mann

De Arte and the Hellenistic Debate / Joel E. Mann

Bibliography / Joel E. Mann

General Index / Joel E. Mann

Index Locorum / Joel E. Mann.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contains:

Hippocrates. Peri technēs. English & Greek.

ISBN:

1-280-12673-6

9786613530592

90-04-22429-7

OCLC:

782879962

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004224292 DOI