Physiological theory and the doctrine of the mean in Plato and Aristotle /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tracy, Theodore James, 1916- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: The Hague : Mouton, 1969.
Colección:Studies in philosophy (Hague, Netherlands)
Temas:
Aristotle.
Plato.
Aristotle
Plato
Mean (Philosophy)
Physiology > Early works to 1800.
Milieu (Philosophie)
Physiologie > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Physiology
Early works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Abbreviations and Short Titles
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Physiological Theory in Greek Medicine before Aristotle
  • A. Alcmaeon of Croton
  • B. The Menon Papyrus
  • 1. Menecrates
  • 2. Petron of Aegina
  • 3. Philistion of Locri
  • C. Hippocratic Works
  • 1. Ancient Medicine
  • 2. The Nature of Man
  • 3. Airs, Waters, Places
  • 4. Regimen I
  • D. Conclusion
  • III. Physiological Theory and “The Meanâ€? in Plato
  • A. The Body of the Cosmos
  • B. The Soul of the Cosmos
  • C. The Human Soul and Body
  • 1. The Rational Soul and Its Destiny2. The Physical Organ of the Soul
  • 3. The Mortal Soul and Its Organs
  • 4. Environment and the Nutritive Process
  • D. Disease and Health in Man
  • 1. Disease of the Body
  • 2. Disease of the Soul
  • 3. The Total Organism and Its Care
  • E. Conclusion: The Timaeus and the Medical Writers
  • IV. Physiology and the Doctrine of the Mean in Aristotle
  • A. Elemental Structure of the Organism in Health and Disease
  • 1. The Nature of Health and Other Bodily Excellence
  • 2. Elemental Structure of the Organism
  • 3. Environment and Its InfluenceB. Proportion and the Mean in the Larger Aspects of the Organism
  • 1. Ultimate Basis of the Vital Processes and Organs
  • 2. The Principal Organs and Their Functions
  • 3. Summary
  • C. Proportion and the Mean in Sense Perception
  • 1. Body, Soul, and the Living Composite
  • 2. The Problem and Conditions of Sense Perception
  • 3. The Special Senses and the Mean
  • 4. The Central Sense Power and the Mean
  • 5. Summary
  • D. Moral Excellence and the Mean
  • 1. The Method of the Ethics
  • 2. General Comparison of Bodily and Moral Excellence3. Bodily and Moral Virtue and the Equilibrium of Opposites
  • 4. Further Characteristics of Bodily and Moral Virtue
  • 5. The Psycho-Physical Aspect of Emotion and Moral Excellence
  • 6. Moral Excellence and the Intellect
  • 7. Moral Excellence and Happiness
  • E. The Political Organism and the Mean
  • 1. The Principle of Natural Subordination
  • 2. The Principle of Order among Equal and Opposite Parts: ÎœÎæÏ?ÏŒÏ?ηÏ?
  • 3. Unnatural or Deviation Forms; the Relative Mean
  • F. Conclusion: The Expert and His Norms of Value1. Objectives of Physician, Moral Guide, and Statesman
  • 2. Norms and Values; the Absolute Good
  • V. Conclusion
  • Appendix I. On the Notion of ÎœÎ?ΣΟÎ?Î?Σ in Greek Mathematics
  • Appendix II. Concerning the Theory of Francois Nuyens on the Development of Aristotleâ€?s Psychology
  • Appendix III. The Heart as Source and Center of External Action
  • Bibliography
  • Greek Words, Phrases, Sentences
  • General Index
  • Index of Passages Cited

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