Philosophical themes in Galen / ed. by Peter Adamson ...

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...

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Superior document:Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies supplement 114
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Place / Publishing House:London : Inst. of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, Univ. of London, 2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies supplement 114
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Physical Description:V, 327 S.; 25 cm
Notes:Literaturangaben
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Summary: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 -- 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
ISBN:9781905670505
1905670508
ac_no:AC12202831
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Peter Adamson ...