Philosophical Perspectives on Galen of Pergamum: Four Case-Studies on Human Nature and the Relation Between Body and Soul

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-52087-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 166, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 204 g

Reihe: Philosophia Antiqua

This is a ground-breaking philosophical-historical study of the work of Galen of Pergamum. It contains four case-studies on (1) Galen’s remarkable and original thoughts on the relation between body and soul, (2) his notion of human nature, (3) his engagement with Plato’s Timaeus, (4) and black bile and melancholy. It shows that Galen develops an innovative view of human nature that problematizes the distinction between body and soul.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vinkesteijn, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Other Notes

Introduction

1 The Cultivation of the Soul in a ‘Physicalist’ World

Ethical Philosophy in Galen’s QAM

Introduction

1 Aristotle and the Non-rational Parts of the Soul

2 Plato and the Rational Part of the Soul

3 Positioning in the Scholarly Debate

4 The Possible Continuity in the Divine and Human Formation of the Bodily Mixture

Conclusion

2 Galen on the Nature of Man

Introduction

1 The Primary Substance

2 Divisio ad principes: a Hippocratic-Platonic Method

3 Elements and Qualities

4 Grades and Shades of Nature

5 Nature of the Body, Nature of the Soul

Conclusion

3 Soul, Mixture and Galen’s Timaeus

Introduction

1 Sources

2 Scope of the Commentary

3 Basic Tendencies in Galen’s Interpretation of the Timaeus

4 Comparing Galen’s Timaeus to the Larrain Fragments

Conclusion

4 Galen on Black Bile and Melancholy

Introduction

1 Precedents

2 Galen on Black Bile

3 Galen on Melancholy

Conclusion on Black Bile and Melancholy

General Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Vinkesteijn obtained his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Utrecht University in 2020 with the highest distinction. He has lectured at Utrecht and Leiden University, and has started a research project on melancholy in ancient and medieval thought at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2022.