Galen: psychological writings

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Title Statements

Full title :Galen : psychological writings / edited by P.N. Singer ; translated with introductions and notes by Vivian Nutton, Daniel Davies and P.N. Singer ; with the collaboration of Piero Tassinari.

Summary

"All Galen's surviving shorter works on psychology and ethics -- including the recently discovered 'Avoiding Distress, ' and the neglected 'Character Traits, ' extant only in Arabic -- are here presented in one volume in a new English translation, with substantial introductions and notes and extensive glossaries. Original and penetrating analyses are provided of the psychological and philosophical thought, both of the above and of two absolutely central works of Galenic philosophy, ' Affections' and 'Errors and The Capacities of the Soul, ' by some of the foremost experts in the field. Each treatise has also been subjected to fresh textual study, taking account of the latest scholarly developments, and is presented with accompanying textual discussions, adding greatly to the value and accuracy of the work without detracting from its accessibility to a wider readership. The volume thus makes a major contribution to the understanding of the ancient world's most prominent doctor-philosopher in his intellectual context."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2013
Edition:First paperback edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 539 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108438537, 1108438539, 9780521765176, 052176517X
oclc:on1006298409
LC Classification:B577.G24
Dewey Decimal:180.937

Avoiding distress -- Character traits -- The diagnosis and treatment of the affections and errors peculiar to each person's soul -- The capacities of the soul depend on the mixtures of the body.