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The book presents the author's latest research on ancient
perceptions of time; it centres on medical discussions, especially
of the doctor-philosopher Galen, while also contextualizing his
work within Graeco-Roman evidence and discussions - archaeological,
medical, technological, philosophical, literary - more broadly. The
focus is on questions of medical or experiential significance: life
cycles, disease cycles, daily regimes for mind and body, clinical
assessment, including the vital area of diagnosis through the
pulse, technologies of time measurement. But the philosophical
background is also examined: questions of the nature and definition
of time and its relationship to space and motion. Galen offers
original contributions in all these areas, at the same time as
shedding important light on both contemporary attitudes and
previous discussions. The book thus offers an accessible and vivid
overview of key issues in ancient time perception and awareness,
while also offering the first in-depth exploration of the insights
that the Galenic texts add to this picture. Five thematic chapters
- Time Measurement, Year and Life Cycles, Biography, Medical Cycles
- consider a wide range of evidence and of recent scholarship,
while highlighting the contribution of medical texts.
Mixtures is of central importance for Galen's views on the human
body. It presents his influential typology of the human organism
according to nine mixtures (or 'temperaments') of hot, cold, dry
and wet. It also develops Galen's ideal of the 'well-tempered'
person, whose perfect balance ensures excellent performance both
physically and psychologically. Mixtures teaches the aspiring
doctor how to assess the patient's mixture by training one's sense
of touch and by a sophisticated use of diagnostic indicators. It
presents a therapeutic regime based on the interaction between
foods, drinks, drugs and the body's mixture. Mixtures is a work of
natural philosophy as well as medicine. It acknowledges Aristotle's
profound influence whilst engaging with Hippocratic ideas on health
and nutrition, and with Stoic, Pneumatist and Peripatetic physics.
It appears here in a new translation, with generous annotation,
introduction and glossaries elucidating the argument and setting
the work in its intellectual context.
Mixtures is of central importance for Galen's views on the human
body. It presents his influential typology of the human organism
according to nine mixtures (or 'temperaments') of hot, cold, dry
and wet. It also develops Galen's ideal of the 'well-tempered'
person, whose perfect balance ensures excellent performance both
physically and psychologically. Mixtures teaches the aspiring
doctor how to assess the patient's mixture by training one's sense
of touch and by a sophisticated use of diagnostic indicators. It
presents a therapeutic regime based on the interaction between
foods, drinks, drugs and the body's mixture. Mixtures is a work of
natural philosophy as well as medicine. It acknowledges Aristotle's
profound influence whilst engaging with Hippocratic ideas on health
and nutrition, and with Stoic, Pneumatist and Peripatetic physics.
It appears here in a new translation, with generous annotation,
introduction and glossaries elucidating the argument and setting
the work in its intellectual context.
All Galen's surviving shorter works on psychology and ethics -
including the recently discovered Avoiding Distress, and the
neglected Character Traits, extant only in Arabic - are here
presented in one volume in a new English translation, with
substantial introductions and notes and extensive glossaries.
Original and penetrating analyses are provided of the psychological
and philosophical thought, both of the above and of two absolutely
central works of Galenic philosophy, Affections and Errors and The
Capacities of the Soul, by some of the foremost experts in the
field. Each treatise has also been subjected to fresh textual
study, taking account of the latest scholarly developments, and is
presented with accompanying textual discussions, adding greatly to
the value and accuracy of the work without detracting from its
accessibility to a wider readership. The volume thus makes a major
contribution to the understanding of the ancient world's most
prominent doctor-philosopher in his intellectual context.
All Galen's surviving shorter works on psychology and ethics -
including the recently discovered Avoiding Distress, and the
neglected Character Traits, extant only in Arabic - are here
presented in one volume in a new English translation, with
substantial introductions and notes and extensive glossaries.
Original and penetrating analyses are provided of the psychological
and philosophical thought, both of the above and of two absolutely
central works of Galenic philosophy, Affections and Errors and The
Capacities of the Soul, by some of the foremost experts in the
field. Each treatise has also been subjected to fresh textual
study, taking account of the latest scholarly developments, and is
presented with accompanying textual discussions, adding greatly to
the value and accuracy of the work without detracting from its
accessibility to a wider readership. The volume thus makes a major
contribution to the understanding of the ancient world's most
prominent doctor-philosopher in his intellectual context.
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