Philosophy and dietetics in the Hippocratic On regimen : a delicate balance of health /

Philosophy and dietetics in the Hippocratic On regimen : a delicate balance of health /

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Author / Creator:Bartoš, Hynek.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Description:1 online resource (viii, 340 pages)
Language:English
Series:Studies in ancient medicine, 0925-1421 ; v. 44
Studies in Ancient Medicine 44.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.
Subject:
Hippocrates. -- De diaeta.
De diaeta (Hippocrates)
Diet -- History.
Diet.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13530470
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Other uniform titles:Commentary on (work): Hippocrates. De diaeta.
ISBN:9789004289550
9789004289215
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:This book offers the first extended study published in English on the Hippocratic treatise On Regimen , one of the most important pre-Platonic documents of the discussion of human nature and other topics at the intersection of ancient medicine and philosophy. It is not only a unique example of classical Greek dietetic literature, including the most elaborated account of the micro-macrocosm and phusis - technē analogies, but it also provides the most explicit discussion of the soul-body opposition preceding Plato. Moreover, Bartoš argues, it is a rare example of an extant medical text which systematically draws on philosophical authorities, such as Heraclitus, Empedocles and Anaxagoras, and which had a decisive influence on both physicians, such as Galen, and philosophers, most notably Plato and Aristotle.
Other form:Print version: Bartos, Hynek, author. Philosophy and dietetics in the Hippocratic On regimen 9789004289215
Standard no.:10.1163/9789004289550

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