Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus
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Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus by Aileen R Das
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.
Das, Aileen R.: - Aileen R. Das is an Assistant Professor of Classical Studies and Middle East Studies at the University of Michigan. Her work aims to illuminate the diverse, and often subversive, uses to which medieval Arabic writers put their Greco-Roman sources in realizing their own scientific ambitions. In addition to translating Arabic versions of lost or fragmentary Greek texts, she has published on various topics relating to ancient and medieval medicine and philosophy, including Islamicate receptions of Hippocrates, epitomatory literature, and views on plant life.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108730730 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108730736 |
| Title | Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus |
| Author | Aileen R Das |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2022-03-10 |
| Number of pages | 257 |
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