Diocles of Carystus. Volume 2, Commentary

A Collection of the Fragments with Translation and Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-12012-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1093 g

Reihe: Studies in Ancient Medicine

Diocles of Carystus (4th century BCE), also known as "the younger Hippocrates", was one of the most prominent medical authorities in antiquity. He wrote extensively on a wide range of areas such as anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, embryology, gynaecology, dietetics, foods and poisons. In his writings, he betrays strong philosophical influence, and his views present striking connections with the Hippocratic Corpus, Plato, Aristotle and Theophrastus. The study of Diocles' ideas has long been hampered by the absence of a reliable collection of the remaining evidence. This book presents and discusses all the fragments and testimonies to Diocles' views. Following on from the first volume, which presented the Greek, Latin and Arabic sources with facing English translation, the second volume provides a commentary on the fragments and places them in their intellectual context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eijk, P J van der

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Philip J. van der Eijk, Ph.D. (1991) Leiden, is Professor of Greek at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has published widely on ancient medicine, philosophy, science, comparative literature and patristics. He is the author of Aristoteles. De insomniis. De divinatione per somnum (Berlin, 1994), editor of Ancient Histories of Medicine (Brill, 1999), and co-editor of Ancient Medicine in its Socio-Cultural Context (Amsterdam-Atlanta, 1995).