Philosophy and dietetics in the Hippocratic On regimen : a delicate balance of health / Hynek Bartos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartos, Hynek, author.

Series:

Studies in ancient medicine ; Volume 44.

Studies in Ancient Medicine, 0925-1421 ; Volume 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient--History.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Diet--History.

Diet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Hynek Bartoš

Introduction / Hynek Bartoš

1 The Discovery of Dietetics / Hynek Bartoš

2 Philosophy of the Nature of Man / Hynek Bartoš

3 Therapy of Body and Soul / Hynek Bartoš

4 The Philosophical Legacy of On Regimen / Hynek Bartoš

Bibliography / Hynek Bartoš

General Index / Hynek Bartoš

Index Locorum / Hynek Bartoš

Index Nominum / Hynek Bartoš.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Related Work:

Commentary on: Hippocrates. De diaeta.

ISBN:

90-04-28955-0

OCLC:

906699383

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004289550 DOI