Galen: On Antecedent Causes

Klappentext A new edition of Galen's text on causal theory! and the first translation of it into a modern language. Zusammenfassung A new edition of On Antecedent Causes! Galen's fascinating treatise on causal theory. The text is accompanied by the first translation of the treatise into a modern language. The volume also contains notes on Galen's life and work on the background to his causal theory! and on the history of the text itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Galen's life; 2. The ancient concept of causation; 3. The medical schools; 4. The text of 'De Causis Procatarcticis'; Liber Galieni de Procatarcticis Causis/Galen's book on antecedent causes; Commentary; Appendix: a guide to the editions and abbreviations of the Galenic corpus; Glossary of Latin-Greek equivalences; Bibliography; Indexes.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Galen, Galen Galen
• Mitarbeit: R. J. Hankinson (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 27.08.1998
• EAN: 9780521622509
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62250-9
• Seiten: 368
• Serie: Cambridge Classical Texts and
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart