On temperaments ; On non-uniform distemperment ; The soul's traits depend on bodily temperament / Galen ; edited and translated by Ian Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galen, author.

Contributor:

Johnston, Ian, 1939- translator, editor.

Series:

Loeb classical library ; 546.

Loeb classical library ; LCL 546

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Greek and Roman.

Physiology--Early works to 1800.

Physiology.

Medicine--Early works to 1800.

Medicine.

Galen.

Galen. De temperamentis.

Galen. De inaequali intemperie.

Galen. Quod animi mores corporis temperamenta sequantur.

Galen. De optima corporis nostri constitutione.

Galen. De bono habitu liber.

De temperamentis (Galen).

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

cxiv, 476 pages ; 17 cm.

Other Title:

Galen on temperaments ; On non-uniform distemperment ; The soul's traits depend on bodily temperament

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages; critical matter in English.

Summary:

"Galen of Pergamum (129-?199/216), physician to the court of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was a philosopher, scientist, medical historian, theoretician, and practitioner who wrote forcefully and prolifically on an astonishing range of subjects and whose impact on later eras rivaled that of Aristotle. Galen synthesized the entirety of Greek medicine as a basis for his own doctrines and practice, which comprehensively embraced theory, practical knowledge, experiment, logic, and a deep understanding of human life and society. This volume presents three works of the greatest importance to Galen's theory and practice of medicine. 'On Temperaments' sets out Galen's concept of the combination ('krasis') of the four elemental qualities (hot, cold, wet, and dry), which is fundamental to his account of the structure and function of the human body and of animal and plant bodies generally, and is in turn essential to his theory of medical practice. The two related works, 'On Non-Uniform Distemperment' and 'The Soul's Traits Depend on Bodily Temperament', deal with specific aspects of 'dyskrasia', which is a disturbance in the combination of these qualities. Appended are two related short treatises, 'On the Best Constitution of Our Body' and 'On Good Bodily State'."-- Dust jacket.

Contents:

On temperaments

On non-uniform distemperment

The soul's traits depend on bodily temperament

Appendix. Two short treatises. On the best constitution of our body ; On good bodily state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"General bibliography": pages cxi-cxiv.

Contains:

Container of: Galen. De temperamentis. English (Johnston)

Container of: Galen. De temperamentis. Greek (Johnston)

Container of: Galen. De inaequali intemperie. English (Johnston)

Container of: Galen. De inaequali intemperie. Greek (Johnston)

Container of: Galen. Quod animi mores corporis temperamenta sequantur. English (Johnston)

Container of: Galen. Quod animi mores corporis temperamenta sequantur. Greek (Johnston)

Container of: Galen. De optima corporis nostri constitutione. English (Johnston)

Container of: Galen. De optima corporis nostri constitutione. Greek (Johnston)

Container of: Galen. De bono habitu liber. English (Johnston)

Container of: Galen. De bono habitu liber. Greek (Johnston)

On non-uniform distemperment.

Soul's traits depend on bodily temperament.

ISBN:

9780674997387

0674997387

OCLC:

1233048775