Medicine and practical ethics in Galen /

"Offering the first authoritative analysis of Galen's psychological and ethical works alongside a large number of technical tracts, both medical and philosophical, this book provides a new framework through which we can comprehend Galen's role as a practical ethicist - an aspect of hi...

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Main Author:	Xenophontos, Sophia A., 1985- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Subjects:	Galen > Criticism and interpretation. Galen Medical ethics > Greece. Medicine, Greek and Roman. Médecine grecque et romaine. Éthique médicale > Grèce. Medical ethics Medicine, Greek and Roman Greece Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	"Offering the first authoritative analysis of Galen's psychological and ethical works alongside a large number of technical tracts, both medical and philosophical, this book provides a new framework through which we can comprehend Galen's role as a practical ethicist - an aspect of his intellectual profile that has been little understood until now"--
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 300 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9781009247795 1009247794
DOI:	10.1017/9781009247795