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Philosophical themes in Galen

Title: Philosophical themes in Galen / edited by Peter Adamson, Rotraud Hansberger & James Wilberding.
Publication: London : Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2014.

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v, 327 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies supplement ; 114

Uniform Title

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

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

Call Number

JFF 14-950

ISBN

9781905670505 (pbk.)
1905670508 (pbk.)

OCLC

884865747

Title

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

Publisher

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

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies supplement ; 114

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

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Adamson, Peter, 1972- editor.

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

Wilberding, James, editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 14-950

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