The Cambridge Companion to Galen
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The Cambridge Companion to Galen by R J Hankinson
Galen of Pergamum (AD 129c.216) was the most influential doctor of later antiquity, and also wrote extensively on logic and the philosophy of science. This volume offers an introduction to and overview of his achievement in all these fields.
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'Hankinson has produced a very useful and informative volume, which, much in keeping with new appreciation of Galen described by Nutton, addresses the many facets of Galen: physician and medical researcher, to be sure, but also philosopher and man of letters.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'This volume is among the most important, not to say useful, volumes that Cambridge University Press has produced. Galen is a myrtle.' Medical History
'Hankinson has produced a very useful and informative volume, which, much in keeping with new appreciation of Galen described by Nutton, addresses the many facets of Galen: physician and medical researcher, to be sure, but also philosopher and man of letters.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'This volume is among the most important, not to say useful, volumes that Cambridge University Press has produced. Galen is a myrtle.' Medical History
R. J. Hankinson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is editor of Galen: On Antecedent Causes (1998, 2004) in the Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521525589 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521525586 |
| Title | The Cambridge Companion to Galen |
| Author | R J Hankinson |
| Series | Cambridge Companions To Philosophy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2008-08-14 |
| Number of pages | 472 |
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