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On Temperaments ; On Non-Uniform Distemperment ; The Soul's Traits Depend on Bodily Temperament / Galen ; edited and translated by Ian Johnston
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Appartient aux collections: The Loeb classical library, Loeb, James, Cambridge, Mass, 1911-...., 546
Publication: London : Harvard University Press, 2020 Description: 1 vol. (CXIV-476 p.) ; 17 cmCollection : Loeb classical library; 546Titre uniforme: De temperamentis, 2020, grec ancien-anglaisDe inaequali intemperie, 2020, grec ancien-anglaisQue les facultés de l'âme suivent les tempéraments, 2020, grec ancien-anglaisISBN: 9780674997387.Langue: Anglais ; d'ouvrage original, Grec AncienPays: Etats-Unis, Royaume-Uni Auteur principal: Galien, Claude, 0131?-0201?, Auteur Co-auteur: Johnston, Ian, Traducteur, Editeur scientifique Résumé: This volume presents three works of the greatest importance to Galen’s theory and practice of medicine. On Temperaments sets out Galen’s concept of the combination (krasis) of the four elemental qualities (hot, cold, wet, and dry), which is fundamental to his account of the structure and function of the human body and of animal and plant bodies generally, and is in turn essential to his theory of medical practice. The two related works, On Non-Uniform Distemperment and The Soul’s Traits Depend on Bodily Temperament, deal with specific aspects of dyskrasia, which is a disturbance in the combination of these qualities. Appended are two related short treatises, On the Best Constitution of Our Body and On Good Bodily State.. Item type: Ouvrage
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Texte en grec ancien avec la trad. anglaise en regard

Bibliogr. CXI-CXIV. Index p. 463-476

This volume presents three works of the greatest importance to Galen’s theory and practice of medicine. On Temperaments sets out Galen’s concept of the combination (krasis) of the four elemental qualities (hot, cold, wet, and dry), which is fundamental to his account of the structure and function of the human body and of animal and plant bodies generally, and is in turn essential to his theory of medical practice. The two related works, On Non-Uniform Distemperment and The Soul’s Traits Depend on Bodily Temperament, deal with specific aspects of dyskrasia, which is a disturbance in the combination of these qualities. Appended are two related short treatises, On the Best Constitution of Our Body and On Good Bodily State.

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