Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato's Timaeus
Author:   Aileen R. Das (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
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Pages:   257
Publication Date:   10 March 2022
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Aileen R. Das (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781108730730


ISBN 10:   1108730736
Pages:   257
Publication Date:   10 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction. Plato's Timaeus as universal text; 1. Galen and the 'medical' Timaeus; 2. From the heavens to the body: Ḥunayn's ophthalmology; 3. Al-Rāzī: the 'Arab Galen' and his Plato, new disciplinary ideals; 4. Laying down the law: Avicenna and his medical project; 5. Uprooting the Timaeus: Maimonides and the re-medicalization of Galenism; Conclusion. Medicine disciplined.

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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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