De elementis, 5, 14-16 : la tetrapharmakos et l’épistémologie galénique du mélange

I wish to find the sources of the reference to the tetrapharmakos made by Galen in De elementis, in order to throw light on the exact status of the argument used by Galen. The source is likely to be Stoic, but kindred details are also found in the Anonymus londinensis. Galen manipulates the Stoic co...

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Main Author: Julie Giovacchini
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Language:English
Published: ENS Éditions 2017-11-01
Series:Aitia : Regards sur la Culture Hellénistique au XXIe Siècle
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/1899
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spelling doaj-d9eb2e84772848028c0b62c616dec5c22020-11-25T01:32:48ZengENS ÉditionsAitia : Regards sur la Culture Hellénistique au XXIe Siècle1775-42752017-11-01710.4000/aitia.1899De elementis, 5, 14-16 : la tetrapharmakos et l’épistémologie galénique du mélangeJulie GiovacchiniI wish to find the sources of the reference to the tetrapharmakos made by Galen in De elementis, in order to throw light on the exact status of the argument used by Galen. The source is likely to be Stoic, but kindred details are also found in the Anonymus londinensis. Galen manipulates the Stoic concepts, and makes an epistemological, rather than physical, use of the paradigm of fusional blending, which has to be distinguished from the so-called “total” blending which shall be used further on in the treatise to conceptualise Galen's own humoral theory.http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/1899GalentetrapharmakosChrysippusAnonymous of Londontotal mixtureepistemology of medicine
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De elementis, 5, 14-16 : la tetrapharmakos et l’épistémologie galénique du mélange
Aitia : Regards sur la Culture Hellénistique au XXIe Siècle
Galen
tetrapharmakos
Chrysippus
Anonymous of London
total mixture
epistemology of medicine
author_facet Julie Giovacchini
author_sort Julie Giovacchini
title De elementis, 5, 14-16 : la tetrapharmakos et l’épistémologie galénique du mélange
title_short De elementis, 5, 14-16 : la tetrapharmakos et l’épistémologie galénique du mélange
title_full De elementis, 5, 14-16 : la tetrapharmakos et l’épistémologie galénique du mélange
title_fullStr De elementis, 5, 14-16 : la tetrapharmakos et l’épistémologie galénique du mélange
title_full_unstemmed De elementis, 5, 14-16 : la tetrapharmakos et l’épistémologie galénique du mélange
title_sort de elementis, 5, 14-16 : la tetrapharmakos et l’épistémologie galénique du mélange
publisher ENS Éditions
series Aitia : Regards sur la Culture Hellénistique au XXIe Siècle
issn 1775-4275
publishDate 2017-11-01
description I wish to find the sources of the reference to the tetrapharmakos made by Galen in De elementis, in order to throw light on the exact status of the argument used by Galen. The source is likely to be Stoic, but kindred details are also found in the Anonymus londinensis. Galen manipulates the Stoic concepts, and makes an epistemological, rather than physical, use of the paradigm of fusional blending, which has to be distinguished from the so-called “total” blending which shall be used further on in the treatise to conceptualise Galen's own humoral theory.
topic Galen
tetrapharmakos
Chrysippus
Anonymous of London
total mixture
epistemology of medicine
url http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/1899
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