David H Camden

The Cosmological Doctors of Classical Greece

First Principles in Early Greek Medicine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Revises customary views about the relationship between "medicine," "cosmology," and "philosophy" in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE through a fresh analysis of the works of the cosmological doctors, such as On Breaths, On Flesh, and On Regimen"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9781009202992
• ISBN-10: 1009202995
• Artikelnr.: 66453812

Autorenporträt

DAVID H. CAMDEN holds the Alexander Smith Cochran Chair in Greek Language and Literature at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH. He obtained his doctorate in Classical Philology at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Three second-hand reports
2. On the nature of the human being
3. On breaths
4. The cosmological impulse
5. On flesh
6. On regimen
Conclusion
Bibliography.