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Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus New edition
Das, Aileen R. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus New edition
Das, Aileen R. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Explores the Timaeus' impact on pre-modern Greek and Arabic conceptualizations of medicine and will appeal to classicists, medievalists, and historians of philosophy, science, and the Middle East. Its five case studies examine how thinkers such as Galen and Avicenna used Plato's dialogue to define their expertise and professional identities.
257 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 10, 2022 |
ISBN13 | 9781108730730 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 257 |
Dimensions | 229 × 151 × 16 mm · 446 g |