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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Hynek Bartoš (Charles University, Prague) , Colin Guthrie King (Providence College, Rhode Island)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.670kg ISBN: 9781108476737ISBN 10: 1108476732 Pages: 388 Publication Date: 12 March 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Ancient philosophy and science at the crossroads of metaphysics and medicine Colin Guthrie King; Heat, pneuma and soul in the medical tradition Hynek Bartoš; Part I. Early Greek Philosophy and Medicine: 1. Fire, heat and motive force in early Greek philosophy and medicine Gábor Betegh; 2. Parmenides on the soul Shaul Tor; 3. The spirit in the flesh: Empedocles on embodied soul Simon Trépanier; 4. Out of thin air? Diogenes on causal explanation Bryan C. Reece; 5. Soul, life and nutrition in the Timaeus Thomas K. Johansen; 6. De spiritu on heat and its roles in the formation, composition and activities of animals Orly Lewis; Part II. Aristotle: 7. Heat, meteorology and spontaneous generation Malcolm Wilson; 8. Aristotle on 'the nature in the pneuma' and the first body Karel Thein; 9. Aristotle on the powers of thermic equilibrium Tiberiu Popa; 10. Why animals must keep their cool: Aristotle on the need for respiration (and other forms of cooling) James G. Lennox; 11. Soul's tools Jessica Gelber; 12. When life imitates art: vital locomotion and Aristotle's craft analogy Patricio Fernandez and Jorgé Mittelmann; 13. Blood, πνεῦμα, or something more solid? Aristotle on the material structure of perceptual apparatus Robert Roreitner; 14. The pathological role of pneuma in Aristotle Patrick Macfarlane.Reviews'Ultimately, the volume makes a fine case for a collection of essays examining heat, pneuma, and soul through Aristotle, and it ably advances the scholarly discussion on them.' Rhodes Pinto, Stanford University 'Ultimately, the volume makes a fine case for a collection of essays examining heat, pneuma, and soul through Aristotle, and it ably advances the scholarly discussion on them.' Rhodes Pinto, Stanford University Author InformationHynek Bartoš is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the Charles University in Prague. He is the author of Philosophy and Dietetics in the Hippocratic On Regimen (2015) and a range of essays on the history of ancient Greek philosophy and medicine. Colin Guthrie King is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College, Rhode Island. He works on the history of ancient science and philosophy. He is currently Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Universität Basel. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |