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Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus
Das, Aileen R. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus
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.
320 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | November 12, 2020 |
ISBN13 | 9781108499484 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 320 |
Dimensions | 160 × 240 × 21 mm · 800 g |