Inhaltsangabe: Philosophical Perspectives on Galen of Pergamum: Four Case-Studies on Human Nature and the Relation between Body and Soul

1. Verfasser:	Vinkesteijn, Robert , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Umfang/Format:	1 online resource.
Schriftenreihe:	Philosophia Antiqua ; 166.
Schlagworte:	Galen. Galen. > Quod animi mores corporis temperamenta sequantur. Galen. > De atra bile. Ancient Philosophy. Ancient Science & Medicine. Classical Studies. Philosophie Medicine, Greek and Roman > Philosophy.
Parallelausgabe:	ISSN: 90-04-52087-2
Online Zugang:	open access

Inhaltsangabe:

Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Other Notes
Introduction
1 The Cultivation of the Soul in a ‘Physicalist’ World
Ethical Philosophy in Galen’s QAM
Introduction
1 Aristotle and the Non-rational Parts of the Soul
2 Plato and the Rational Part of the Soul
3 Positioning in the Scholarly Debate
4 The Possible Continuity in the Divine and Human Formation of the Bodily Mixture
Conclusion
2 Galen on the Nature of Man
Introduction
1 The Primary Substance
2 Divisio ad principes: a Hippocratic-Platonic Method
3 Elements and Qualities
4 Grades and Shades of Nature
5 Nature of the Body, Nature of the Soul
Conclusion
3 Soul, Mixture and Galen’s Timaeus
Introduction
1 Sources
2 Scope of the Commentary
3 Basic Tendencies in Galen’s Interpretation of the Timaeus
4 Comparing Galen’s Timaeus to the Larrain Fragments
Conclusion
4 Galen on Black Bile and Melancholy
Introduction
1 Precedents
2 Galen on Black Bile
3 Galen on Melancholy
Conclusion on Black Bile and Melancholy
General Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.