Galen and the World of Knowledge

Author: Hagendorf, Col

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Galen is the most important medical writer in Graeco-Roman antiquity, and also extremely valuable for understanding Graeco-Roman thought and society in the second century AD. This volume of essays locates him firmly in the intellectual life of his period, and thus aims to make better sense of the medical and philosophical 'world of knowledge' that he tries to create. How did Galen present himself as a reader and an author in comparison with other intellectuals of his day? Above all, how did he fashion himself as a medical practitioner, and how does that self-fashioning relate to the performance culture of second-century Rome? Did he see medicine as taking over some of the traditional roles of philosophy? These and other questions are freshly addressed by leading international experts on Galen and the intellectual life of the period, in a stimulating collection that combines learning with accessibility.

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Publisher Name	Cambridge University Press
Author Name	Hagendorf, Col
Format	Audio
Bisac Subject Major	BIO
Language	NG
Isbn 10	1107410746
Isbn 13	9781107410749
Target Age Group	min:NA, max:NA
Series	000314477
Dimensions	00.90" H x 00.06" L x 00.00" W
Page Count	346

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