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Book SynopsisThis is a ground-breaking philosophical-historical study of the work of Galen of Pergamum. It contains four case-studies on (1) Galen’s remarkable and original thoughts on the relation between body and soul, (2) his notion of human nature, (3) his engagement with Plato’s Timaeus, (4) and black bile and melancholy. It shows that Galen develops an innovative view of human nature that problematizes the distinction between body and soul.
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Other Notes Introduction 1 The Cultivation of the Soul in a ‘Physicalist’ World Ethical Philosophy in Galen’s QAM Introduction 1 Aristotle and the Non-rational Parts of the Soul 2 Plato and the Rational Part of the Soul 3 Positioning in the Scholarly Debate 4 The Possible Continuity in the Divine and Human Formation of the Bodily Mixture Conclusion 2 Galen on the Nature of Man Introduction 1 The Primary Substance 2 Divisio ad principes: a Hippocratic-Platonic Method 3 Elements and Qualities 4 Grades and Shades of Nature 5 Nature of the Body, Nature of the Soul Conclusion 3 Soul, Mixture and Galen’s Timaeus Introduction 1 Sources 2 Scope of the Commentary 3 Basic Tendencies in Galen’s Interpretation of the Timaeus 4 Comparing Galen’s Timaeus to the Larrain Fragments Conclusion 4 Galen on Black Bile and Melancholy Introduction 1 Precedents 2 Galen on Black Bile 3 Galen on Melancholy Conclusion on Black Bile and Melancholy General Conclusion Bibliography Index
