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Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus Das, Aileen R. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) New edition
Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus
Das, Aileen R. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
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.
257 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 10, 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9781108730730 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 258 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 151 × 16 mm · 446 g |