| Galen and Chrysippus on the Soul: Argument and Refutation in the de Placitis Books II - III Contributor(s): Tieleman, Teun (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004105204 ISBN-13: 9789004105201 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $227.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1996 Annotation: This volume deals with books II and III of the "On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato by the medical scientist and philosopher Galen of Pergamum (129-c. 210 CE ). In these books Galen offers an extensive critique of Stoic psychology, quoting a large number of passages from the otherwise lost treatise "On the Soul by the great Stoic philosopher Chrysippus. This first full-scale study of Chrysippus' mode of argumentation considers the fragments both in their Galenic context and in relation to Stoicism in general. A separate discussion is devoted to Galen's aims and methods and the traditions he is indebted to. Though designed as a foil for the treatment of Chrysippus, it can also be read by those interested in Galen's methodology for its own sake. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 128.109 |
| LCCN: 95053249 |
| Series: Philosophia Antiqua |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.44" W x 9.74" (1.67 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This volume deals with books II and III of the On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato by the medical scientist and philosopher Galen of Pergamum (129-c. 210 CE ). In these books Galen offers an extensive critique of Stoic psychology, quoting a large number of passages from the otherwise lost treatise On the Soul by the great Stoic philosopher Chrysippus. This first full-scale study of Chrysippus' mode of argumentation considers the fragments both in their Galenic context and in relation to Stoicism in general. A separate discussion is devoted to Galen's aims and methods and the traditions he is indebted to. Though designed as a foil for the treatment of Chrysippus, it can also be read by those interested in Galen's methodology for its own sake. |