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Plato's Rivalry with Medicine - A Struggle and Its Dissolution (Hardcover)
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Plato's Rivalry with Medicine - A Struggle and Its Dissolution (Hardcover)
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While scholars typically view Plato's engagement with medicine as
uniform and largely positive, Susan B. Levin argues that from the
Gorgias through the Laws, his handling of medicine unfolds in
several key phases. Further, she shows that Plato views medicine as
an important rival for authority on phusis (nature) and eudaimonia
(flourishing). Levin's arguments rest on careful attention both to
Plato and to the Hippocratic Corpus. Levin shows that an evident
but unexpressed tension involving medicine's status emerges in the
Gorgias and is explored in Plato's critiques of medicine in the
Symposium and Republic. In the Laws, however, this rivalry and
tension dissolve. Levin addresses the question of why Plato's
rivalry with medicine is put to rest while those with rhetoric and
poetry continue. On her account, developments in his views of human
nature, with their resulting impact on his political thought, drive
Plato's striking adjustments involving medicine in the Laws.
Levin's investigation of Plato is timely: for the first time in the
history of bioethics, the value of ancient philosophy is receiving
notable attention. Most discussions focus on Aristotle's concept of
phronesis (practical wisdom); here, Levin argues that Plato has
much to offer bioethics as it works to address pressing concerns
about the doctor-patient tie, medical professionalism, and
medicine's relationship to society.
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