Research Catalog

Title

On temperaments ; [electronic resource] 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.

Details

Additional Authors

Johnston, Ian, 1939-

Description

1 online resource (cxiv, 476 pages)

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

• On temperaments ; (Online)
• Loeb classical library ; 546.

Alternative Title

• On temperaments ; (Online)
• 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
• Physiology > Early works to 1800
• Medicine > Early works to 1800

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• "General bibliography": pages cxi-cxiv.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2020938405

OCLC

ssj0002526091

Author

Galen.

Title

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

Imprint

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

Series

Loeb classical library ; LCL 546

Loeb classical library ; 546.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"General bibliography": pages cxi-cxiv.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Language

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

Connect to:

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Johnston, Ian, 1939-

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.