Galen And The Arabic Reception Of Plato'S Timaeus

Explores the Timaeus' impact on pre-modern Greek and Arabic conceptualizations of medicine and will appeal to classicists, medievalists, and historians of philosophy, science, and the Middle East. Its five case studies examine how thinkers such as Galen and Avicenna used Plato's dialogue to define their expertise and professional identities.

• | By (Author): Aileen R. (University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Das
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 10, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 257 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108730736
• | ISBN-13: 9781108730730