The Cambridge Companion to Hippocrates - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to Hippocrates write by Peter E. Pormann. This book was released on 2018-11-08. The Cambridge Companion to Hippocrates available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hippocrates is a towering figure in Greek medicine. Dubbed the 'father of medicine', he has inspired generations of physicians over millennia in both the East and West. Despite this, little is known about him, and scholars have long debated his relationship to the works attributed to him in the so-called 'Hippocratic Corpus', although it is undisputed that many of the works within it represent milestones in the development of Western medicine. In this Companion, an international team of authors introduces major themes in Hippocratic studies, ranging from textual criticism and the 'Hippocratic question' to problems such as aetiology, physiology and nosology. Emphasis is given to the afterlife of Hippocrates from Late Antiquity to the modern period. Hippocrates had as much relevance in the fifth-century BC Greek world as in the medieval Islamic world, and he remains with us today in both medical and non-medical contexts.
The Cambridge Companion to Galen
The Cambridge Companion to Galen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to Galen write by R. J. Hankinson. This book was released on 2008-08-14. The Cambridge Companion to Galen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Galen of Pergamum (AD 129–c.216) was the most influential doctor of later antiquity, whose work was to influence medical theory and practice for more than fifteen hundred years. He was a prolific writer on anatomy, physiology, diagnosis and prognosis, pulse-doctrine, pharmacology, therapeutics, and the theory of medicine; but he also wrote extensively on philosophical topics, making original contributions to logic and the philosophy of science, and outlining a scientific epistemology which married a deep respect for empirical adequacy with a commitment to rigorous rational exposition and demonstration. He was also a vigorous polemicist, deeply involved in the doctrinal disputes among the medical schools of his day. This volume offers an introduction to and overview of Galen's achievement in all these fields, while seeking also to evaluate that achievement in the light of the advances made in Galen scholarship over the past thirty years.
The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics
The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics write by Brad Inwood. This book was released on 2003-05-05. The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This unique volume offers an odyssey through the ideas of the Stoics in three particular ways: first, through the historical trajectory of the school itself and its influence; second, through the recovery of the history of Stoic thought; third, through the ongoing confrontation with Stoicism, showing how it refines philosophical traditions, challenges the imagination, and ultimately defines the kind of life one chooses to lead. A distinguished roster of specialists have written an authoritative guide to the entire philosophical tradition. The first two chapters chart the history of the school in the ancient world, and are followed by chapters on the core themes of the Stoic system: epistemology, logic, natural philosophy, theology, determinism, and metaphysics. There are two chapters on what might be thought of as the heart and soul of the Stoics system: ethics.
The Construction of Time in Antiquity
The Construction of Time in Antiquity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Construction of Time in Antiquity write by Jonathan Ben-Dov. This book was released on 2017-10-12. The Construction of Time in Antiquity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Time stands at the heart of human experience. In this book, new investigations illuminate the gamut of human engagement with time in antiquity.
The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Biology
The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Biology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Biology write by S. M. Connell. This book was released on 2021-05-27. The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Biology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Comprehensive overview of all the key issues in Aristotle's biological works and their place within his broader philosophy and theology.
