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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankMEDICINEANDPHILOSOPHYINCLASSICALANTIQUITYThisworkmakesavailableforthefirsttimeinonededicatedvolumePhilipvanderEijk’sselectedpapersonthecloseconnectionsthatex-istedbetweenmedicineandphilosophythroughoutantiquity.MedicalauthorssuchastheHip
2、pocraticwriters,Diocles,Galen,SoranusandCaeliusAurelianuselaboratedonphilosophicalmethodssuchascausalexplanation,definitionanddivision,applyingconceptssuchastheno-tionofnaturetotheirunderstandingofthehumanbody.Similarly,philosopherssuchasPlatoandAristotlewerehighlyva
3、luedfortheircontributionstomedicine.Thisinteractionwasparticularlystrikinginthestudyofthehumansoulinrelationtothebody,asillustratedbyapproachestotopicssuchasintellect,sleepanddreams,anddietanddrugs.Withadetailedintroductionsurveyingthesubjectasawholeandanewchapteron
4、Aristotle’streatmentofsleepanddreams,thiswide-rangingcollectionisessentialreadingforstudentsandscholarsofancientphilosophyandscience.philipj.vandereijkisProfessorofGreekattheUni-versityofNewcastleuponTyne.Hehaspublishedwidelyonan-cientphilosophy,medicineandscience,c
5、omparativeliteratureandpatristics.HeistheauthorofAristoteles.Deinsomniis.Dedivinationepersomnum(Berlin:AkademieVerlag,1994)andofDioclesofCarystus.ACollectionoftheFragmentswithTranslationandCommentary(2vols.,Leiden:Brill,2000–1).Hehaseditedandco-authoredAncientHistor
6、iesofMedicine.EssaysinMedicalDoxographyandHistoriogra-phyinClassicalAntiquity(Leiden:Brill,1999)andco-editedAncientMedicineinitsSocio-CulturalContext(2vols.,AmsterdamandAtlanta:Rodopi,1995).MEDICINEANDPHILOSOPHYINCLASSICALANTIQUITYDoctorsandPhilosophersonNature,Soul
7、,HealthandDiseasePHILIPJ.VANDEREIJKProfessorofGreekattheUniversityofNewcastleuponTyneCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmer
8、icabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521818001©PhilipvanderEijk2005Thisbooki