This work brings together Philip van der Eijk's previously published essays on the close connections that existed between medicine and philosophy throughout antiquity. Medical authors such as the Hippocratic writers, Diocles, Galen, Soranus and Caelius Aurelianus elaborated on philosophical methods such as causal explanation, definition and division and applied key concepts such as the notion of nature to their understanding of the human body. Similarly, philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle were highly valued for their contributions to medicine. This interaction was particularly striking in the study of the human soul in its relation to the body, as illustrated by approaches to specific topics such as intellect, sleep and dreams, and diet and drugs. With a detailed introduction surveying the subject as a whole and an essay on Aristotle's treatment of sleep, this wide-ranging and accessible collection is essential reading for the student of ancient philosophy and science.
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"This book will...be of interest to scholars who work on the methodological disputes in an anciant medicine...Scholars interested in the understanding of Aristotle's place in the history of medicine and biology will also find much of value in this work."
-Christopher Cosans
"van der Eijk's initial work in this fledgling enterprise is everywhere on display in Medicine and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity. I recommend it heartily to students of ancient philosophy, ancient medicine, and Aristotle...I will be satisfied if I can convey van der Eijk's enthusiasm for a field rife with possibility and in need of serious scholarly efforts."
-Patrick Macfarlane, Xavier University, Ancient Philosophy
-Christopher Cosans
"van der Eijk's initial work in this fledgling enterprise is everywhere on display in Medicine and Philosophy in Classical Antiquity. I recommend it heartily to students of ancient philosophy, ancient medicine, and Aristotle...I will be satisfied if I can convey van der Eijk's enthusiasm for a field rife with possibility and in need of serious scholarly efforts."
-Patrick Macfarlane, Xavier University, Ancient Philosophy
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The development of medicine and philosophy in antiquity was closely connected. This collection of previously published essays, some of which have been specially translated into English, explores the topic in a wide-ranging and accessible fashion and will interest students of ancient medicine, ancient philosophy and the history of Western thought.
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Caelius Aurelianus, Eudemian Ethics, Diodes of Carystus, Diocles of Carystus, Nicomachean Ethics, Generation of Animals, Acute Affections, History of Animals, Chronic Affections, Diogenes Laertius, Anonymus Londiniensis New!
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Caelius Aurelianus, Eudemian Ethics, Diodes of Carystus, Diocles of Carystus, Nicomachean Ethics, Generation of Animals, Acute Affections, History of Animals, Chronic Affections, Diogenes Laertius, Anonymus Londiniensis New!
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- Eudemian Ethics: Books I, II, and VIII (Clarendon Aristotle) (Bks.1, 2 & 8) by Aristotle on 17 pages
- On The Soul by Aristotle on 15 pages
- Parva Naturalia (Oxford Scholarly Classics) by Aristotle on 11 pages
- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 9 pages
- History of Animals by Aristotle on 4 pages
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