Galen

On Antecedent Causes

Galen, R. J. Hankinson, Michael Reeve , James Diggle

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Cambridge University Press
06 September 2004

History; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Latin

Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries

This book is a new edition of a short but fascinating treatise by Galen on causal theory. This text survives only in a Latin translation of the fourteenth century, and it is this which appears here. The volume also contains the first translation of the treatise into any modern language, and the first philosophical commentary thereon. The commentary ranges widely in Galen's voluminous

uvre, and compares his views with those of other ancient theorists. The introduction deals in detail with Galen's life and work, with the background both philosophical and medieval to his causal theory, and with the history of the text itself.

By: Galen
Edited by: R. J. Hankinson
Series edited by: Michael Reeve, James Diggle, Neil Hopkinson
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: No. 35
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 486g
ISBN: 9780521607131
ISBN 10: 0521607132
Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 06 September 2004
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Galen's life; 2. The ancient concept of causation; 3. The medical schools; 4. The text of 'De Causis Procatarcticis'; Liber Galieni de Procatarcticis Causis/Galen's book on antecedent causes; Commentary; Appendix: a guide to the editions and abbreviations of the Galenic corpus; Glossary of Latin-Greek equivalences; Bibliography; Indexes.

Reviews for Galen: On Antecedent Causes

'Another excellent edition with commentary in the orange series ... the apparatus criticus is substantial and reasonable. The commentary is rich and clear.' Mnemosyne