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Galen: Writings on Plato's Timaeus: Compendium of Plato's Timaeus; Commentary on the Medical Statements in Plato's Timaeus

Galen: Writings on Plato's Timaeus: Compendium of Plato's Timaeus; Commentary on the Medical Statements in Plato's Timaeus

Das, Aileen R.
Das, Aileen R.
Koetschet, Pauline

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Galen Translations

Philosophy

ISBN10: 1009552678
ISBN13: 9781009552677
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Aug 6 2026
Pages: 385
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.12
Language: English
To Galen, Plato was the great authority in philosophy but also had important things to say on health, disease, and the human body. The Timaeus was of enormous significance to Galen's thought on the body's structure and functioning as well as being a key source of inspiration for his teleological world view, in which the idea of cosmic design by a personified creative Nature, the Craftsman, plays a fundamental role. This volume provides critical English translations of key readings of the Timaeus by Galen that were previously accessible only in fragmentary Greek and Arabic and Arabo-Latin versions. The introductions highlight Galen's creative interpretations of the dialogue, especially compared to other imperial explanations, and show how his works informed medieval Islamicate writers' understanding of it. The book should provoke fresh attention to texts that have been unjustly marginalized in the history of Platonism in both the west and Middle East.

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