Galen and the World of Knowledge - Couverture souple

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9781107410749: Galen and the World of Knowledge
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ISBN 10 : 1107410746 ISBN 13 : 9781107410749
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Galen is the most important medical writer in Graeco-Roman antiquity, and also extremely valuable for understanding Graeco-Roman thought and society in the second century AD. This volume of essays locates him firmly in the intellectual life of his period, and thus aims to make better sense of the medical and philosophical 'world of knowledge' that he tries to create. How did Galen present himself as a reader and an author in comparison with other intellectuals of his day? Above all, how did he fashion himself as a medical practitioner, and how does that self-fashioning relate to the performance culture of second-century Rome? Did he see medicine as taking over some of the traditional roles of philosophy? These and other questions are freshly addressed by leading international experts on Galen and the intellectual life of the period, in a stimulating collection that combines learning with accessibility.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Galen is the most important medical writer in Graeco-Roman antiquity, and also extremely valuable for understanding Graeco-Roman thought and society in the second century AD. This volume of essays locates him firmly in the intellectual life of his period, and thus aims to make better sense of the medical and philosophical 'world of knowledge' that he tries to create. How did Galen present himself as a reader and an author in comparison with other intellectuals of his day? Above all, how did he fashion himself as a medical practitioner, and how does that self-fashioning relate to the performance culture of second-century Rome? Did he see medicine as taking over some of the traditional roles of philosophy? These and other questions are freshly addressed by leading international experts on Galen and the intellectual life of the period, in a stimulating collection that combines learning with accessibility.

Revue de presse

'[This] will no doubt become an indispensable item in the bibliography of those working on second-century literature, medicine, philosophy and, more generally, culture.' The British Journal for the History of Science

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1107410746
ISBN 13 
9781107410749
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Nombre de pages
346
Éditeur
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9780521767514: Galen and the World of Knowledge

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ISBN 10 :  0521767512 ISBN 13 :  9780521767514
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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