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Medicine and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity - Doctors and Philosophers on Nature, Soul, Health and Disease (Hardcover, New)
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Medicine and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity - Doctors and Philosophers on Nature, Soul, Health and Disease (Hardcover, New)
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This work brings together Philip van der Eijk's previously
published essays on the close connections that existed between
medicine and philosophy throughout antiquity. Medical authors such
as the Hippocratic writers, Diocles, Galen, Soranus and Caelius
Aurelianus elaborated on philosophical methods such as causal
explanation, definition and division and applied key concepts such
as the notion of nature to their understanding of the human body.
Similarly, philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle were highly
valued for their contributions to medicine. This interaction was
particularly striking in the study of the human soul in its
relation to the body, as illustrated by approaches to specific
topics such as intellect, sleep and dreams, and diet and drugs.
With a detailed introduction surveying the subject as a whole and
an essay on Aristotle's treatment of sleep, this wide-ranging and
accessible collection is essential reading for the student of
ancient philosophy and science.
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