Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Galen

Publication

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

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Details

Additional Authors

Johnston, Ian, 1939-

Description

cxiv, 476 pages; 17 cm.

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'."--

Series Statement

Loeb classical library ; LCL 546

Uniform Title

Loeb classical library ; 546.

Alternative Title

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

Subject

• Galen
• De temperamentis (Galen)
• Medicine, Greek and Roman > Early works to 1800
• Four temperaments > Early works to 1800
• Physiology > Early works to 1800
• Medicine > Early works to 1800
• Physiology
• Four temperaments
• Medicine
• Medicine, Greek and Roman

Genre/Form

Early works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages cxi-cxiv) and indexes.

Language (note)

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

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.

Call Number

PA3611

ISBN

• 9780674997387
• 0674997387

LCCN

2020938405

OCLC

1233048775

Author

Galen, author.

Title

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

Publisher

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

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; LCL 546

Loeb classical library ; 546.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages cxi-cxiv) and indexes.

Language

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

Added Author

Johnston, Ian, 1939- translator, editor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Added Title

On non-uniform distemperment.

Soul's traits depend on bodily temperament.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA3611 .G353