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.
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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.