Format:
X, 336 S.
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Ill.
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24 cm
ISBN:
3161532155
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9783161532153
Series Statement:
Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 88
Content:
"The recently discovered letter De indolentia is a moral-philosophical treatise in which Galen describes his response to the fire in the city of Rome (192 CE) that destroyed a significant portion of his library and medicines. In addition to essays on important aspects of the text, this volume includes an English translation, a collation of leading critical editions, and an expansive bibliography"--Back cover
Note:
Galen of PergamonIntroduction (with illustration of Vlatadon 14) / Clare K. Rothschild, Trevor W. Thompson -- English translation. Galen: "On the avoidance of distress" / Clare K. Rothschild, Trevor W. Thompson -- Vlatadon 14 and Ambrosianus Q 3 sup : two twin manuscripts / Véronique Boudon-Millot -- Some quotations from Galen's De indolentia / Daniel Davies -- A library at Antium? / Matthew C. Nicholls -- Collecting books, acquiring medicines : knowledge acquisition in Galen's Therapeutics / Alain Touwaide -- Galen, De indolentia : commonplaces, traditions, and contexts / Paraskevi Kotzia -- Galen's De indolentia and the creation of a personal philosophy / Elizabeth Asmis -- Galen's intellectual self-portrait in De indolentia / Janet Downie -- Philology and the rhetoric of catastrophe in Galen's De indolentia / Ralph M. Rosen -- The Apocolocyntosis of Commodus or the anti-imperial Tendenz of Galen's De indolentia / Clare K. Rothschild -- Galen's De indolentia in the context of Greco-Roman medicine, moral philosophy, and physiognomy / John T. Fitzgerald -- The pathology and cure of grief : Galen's De indolentia in context / L. Michael White -- Possessions, distress, and the problem of emotions : De indolentia and the Gospel of Luke in juxtaposition / Richard A. Wright -- Collation of the critical editions of Galen's De indolentia / Trevor W. Thompson.
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
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Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Galenus 129-199 De dolore evitando
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Galenus 129-199 De dolore evitando
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Rothschild, Clare K. 1964-
Author information:
Galenus 129-199
