The Cosmological Doctors of Classical Greece: First Principles in Early Greek Medicine - Hardcover

Camden, David H.

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The first comprehensive study of the origins, motivations, and methods of Greek doctors who investigated the universe as a whole.

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DAVID H. CAMDEN holds the Alexander Smith Cochran Chair in Greek Language and Literature at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH. He obtained his doctorate in Classical Philology at Harvard University.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2023
Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Why did some doctors in Classical Greece feel compelled to study the universe as a whole? How could cosmological principles be employed in clinical practice? This book explores the works of the cosmological doctors, such as On Breaths, On Flesh, and On Regimen, and argues that they form part of a much broader reorganization of medical knowledge in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. These healers used cosmological principles as a supplement to, rather than a replacement of, more traditional approaches to health and disease, creating theories about the cosmos whose obscurities can best be understood as the products of medical thinking. Through fresh readings of many ancient sources, the book revises customary views of the intersections between medicine and cosmology in Classical Greece and advances our understanding of one of the most remarkable periods in the history of ancient thought. Revises customary views about the relationship between 'medicine,' 'cosmology,' and 'philosophy' in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE through a fresh analysis of the works of the cosmological doctors, such as On Breaths, On Flesh, and On Regimen. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781009202992

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