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Introduction
Galen and the philosophers: philosophical engagement, shadowy contemporaries, Aristotelian transformations / P.N. Singer
Genre and Galen's philosophical discourses / Todd Curtis
Galen on what is persuasive (pithanon) and what approximates to truth / Riccardo Chiaradonna
Galen on the nature of human beings / Philip van der Eijk
Galen on mental illness: a physiological approach to phrenitis / Glenda McDonald
Galen's theory of elements / Inna Kupreeva
Galen on void / Peter Adamson
Galen's refutation of atomism / David Leith
On Galen's theory of vision / Katerina Ierodiakonou
The secret of sentient vegetative life in Galen / James Wilberding
What does pseudo-Galen tell us that Galen does not? Ancient medical schools in the Roman Empire / Caroline Petit
Index of subjects and persons
Index locorum.

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Philosophical themes in Galen. ISBN 9781905670505. Published by Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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