Greek Rational Medicine

Greek Rational Medicine

Philosophy and Medicine from Alcmaeon to the Alexandrians

by James Longrigg

308 pages· 2013· ISBN 9781134973668
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The ancient Greek medical thinkers were profoundly influenced by Ionian natural philosophy. This philosophy caused them to adopt a radically new attitude towards disease and healing. James Longrigg shows how their rational attitudes ultimately resulted in levels of sophistication largely unsurpassed until the Renaissance. He examines the important relationship between philosophy and medicine in ancient Greece and beyond, and reveals its significance for contemporary western practice and theory.

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