Plato's rivalry with medicine : a struggle and its dissolution /
Susan B. Levin argues that Plato's engagement with medicine is richer than previously recognised and that he views it as an important rival for authority on nature and flourishing. She further shows that Plato's work, particularly the 'Laws', holds significant promise for bioethi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Susan B. Levin argues that Plato's engagement with medicine is richer than previously recognised and that he views it as an important rival for authority on nature and flourishing. She further shows that Plato's work, particularly the 'Laws', holds significant promise for bioethics that has so far been nearly untapped. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780199919819 019991981X 9780199378159 0199378150 |