MEDICINE AND PHILOSOPHY IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

126 Hippocratic Corpus and Diocles of Carystus categorical difference, and the cause for mental disorders is virtually always so ...

Heart, brain, blood, pneuma 127 This passage is part of a rather complicated explanation of epilepsy (for details on this see th ...

128 Hippocratic Corpus and Diocles of Carystus also referred to asdianoia) as a distinct entity, separate from the body (soma ̄ ...

Heart, brain, blood, pneuma 129 does not prevent him from repeatedly speaking of ‘experiences typical to the soul’, activities a ...

130 Hippocratic Corpus and Diocles of Carystus call focused anatomical research.^28 More elaborate views on the network of cogni ...

Heart, brain, blood, pneuma 131 ventricle would not;^31 this maintains contact with the blood by means of a process of ‘evaporat ...

132 Hippocratic Corpus and Diocles of Carystus The structure of the explanation is clear: the disease is caused by a blockage of ...

Heart, brain, blood, pneuma 133 through the mouth, as is likely. For the air, passing through the vessels, itself rises and brin ...

134 Hippocratic Corpus and Diocles of Carystus This explanation shows a strong similarity to the one inOn Breaths,yet without me ...

Heart, brain, blood, pneuma 135 and carrying around for those who contracted the disease due to their phys- ical constitution, b ...

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chapter 5 Aristotle on melancholy 1 introduction In a number of his writings Aristotle discusses a type of people he calls ‘the ...

140 Aristotle and his school it would be the only way to provide a solid basis for assessing the theory presented in theProblema ...

Aristotle on melancholy 141 seems to mean virtually the same asmanikos(‘mad’) ormainesthai(‘be mad’).^12 In view of these issues ...

142 Aristotle and his school movement which does not stop until the object of recollection is found. The disorder manifests itse ...

Aristotle on melancholy 143 body is in such a condition (diakeitai) that it seems as if they have not had any food at all:^19 ‘f ...

144 Aristotle and his school but not divine.^23 To prove the truth of this conclusion Aristotle argues that quite common people ...

Aristotle on melancholy 145 of association from being disturbed by other bodily movements. Theeu- thuoneiriaof melancholics (ref ...