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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Galen, Galen Galen
• Con la collaborazione di: R. J. Hankinson (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.08.1998
• EAN: 9780521622509
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62250-9
• Pagine: 368
• Serie: Cambridge Classical Texts and
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie