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Galen and Chrysippus on the Soul: Argument and Refutation in the De Placitis Books II-III

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
1996
ISBN
9004105204, 9789004105201
ISSN
0079-1687
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28089078 bytes)
Series
Philosophia antiqua 68
Pages
xxxvii+307\353
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-08-03 11:42:44

Description

This volume deals with books II and III of the On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato by the medical scientist and philosopher Galen of Pergamum (129-c. 210 CE). In these books Galen offers an extensive critique of Stoic psychology, quoting a large number of passages from the otherwise lost treatise On the Soul by the great Stoic philosopher Chrysippus. This first full-scale study of Chrysippus' mode of argumentation considers the fragments both in their Galenic context and in relation to Stoicism in general. A separate discussion is devoted to Galen's aims and methods and the traditions he is indebted to. Though designed as a foil for the treatment of Chrysippus, it can also be read by those interested in Galen's methodology for its own sake.

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