Medicine and Practical Ethics in Galen

Sophia Xenophontos

doi:10.1017/9781009247795

Galen was notable in the ancient world for his creative intermingling of medicine and practical ethics. This book is the first authoritative analysis of Galen's psychological and ethical works alongside a large number of his technical tracts, both medical and philosophical, and offers a robust framework through which we can comprehend his role as a practical ethicist - an aspect of his intellectual profile that has been little understood until now. Sophia Xenophontos explores a wide range of literature on moralia in the Roman imperial period, as well as topics including the pathology of emotions, the social role of medicine, and character formation and social ethics, to show the sophisticated and complex ways in which moral themes and controversies from antiquity were adapted and reinvigorated by Galen. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

‘Xenophontos' book is an exciting addition to the scholarship on Galen. Her exploration of the practical ethics of antiquity's most voluminous writer—particularly his literary, rhetorical, and argumentative strategies—offers new ways of understanding Galen as a moralist. Medicine and Practical Ethics in Galen will be of profound interest both to readers of Galen and to students of imperial philosophy.'

Anna Peterson - Pennsylvania State University

‘In this very welcome contribution to Galenic studies Sophia Xenophontos offers a comprehensive and engaging account of the full scope of Galen's involvement with ethical questions, not only in theory but in the lived reality of patient's cases and in the practicality of his activities as physician.'

Chiara Thumiger - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

‘Xenophontos’ monograph is a real contribution to Galenic studies.’

Teun Tieleman Source: Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Medicine and Practical Ethics in Galen
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Medicine and Practical Ethics in Galen - Title page
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Copyright page
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Dedication
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Epigraph
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Conventions and Abbreviations
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Introduction
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Galen, the Unsuspected Moralist
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Part I - Moral Themes and Types of Moralism in Galen
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Chapter 1 - General Protreptic and Suggested Approaches to Life
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Chapter 2 - Practical Ethics in Technical Accounts
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Chapter 3 - Moral Medicine
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Part II - Case Studies
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Chapter 4 - Avoiding Distress
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Chapter 5 - Exhortation to the Study of Medicine
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Chapter 6 - Affections and Errors of the Soul
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Chapter 7 - Recognising the Best Physician
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Chapter 8 - Prognosis
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index of Passages Cited
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General Index
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Contents

Medicine and Practical Ethics in Galen
pp i-ii

Medicine and Practical Ethics in Galen - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Dedication
pp v-v

Epigraph
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-ix

Conventions and Abbreviations
pp x-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-18

Part I - Moral Themes and Types of Moralism in Galen
pp 19-66

Chapter 1 - General Protreptic and Suggested Approaches to Life
pp 21-32

Chapter 2 - Practical Ethics in Technical Accounts
pp 33-50

Chapter 3 - Moral Medicine
pp 51-66

Part II - Case Studies
pp 67-235

Chapter 4 - Avoiding Distress
pp 69-94

Chapter 5 - Exhortation to the Study of Medicine
pp 95-123

Chapter 6 - Affections and Errors of the Soul
pp 124-173

Chapter 7 - Recognising the Best Physician
pp 174-193

Chapter 8 - Prognosis
pp 194-235

Conclusion
pp 236-245

Bibliography
pp 246-272

Index of Passages Cited
pp 273-288

General Index
pp 289-300

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