Galen and Chrysippus on the Soul: Argument and Refutation in the "De placitis," Books II-III

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Название: Galen and Chrysippus on the Soul: Argument and Refutation in the "De placitis," Books II-III

Автор: Teun Tieleman

Издательство: Leiden: E. J. Brill

ISBN: 9004105204

Год выпуска: 1996

Страниц: 307

Формат: pdf

Размер: 210 мб

Язык: English

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.