Herausgegeben von Aileen R. Das. Eingeleitet, \u00fcbersetzt und mit interpretierenden Essays versehen von T. Curtis, A. Das, H.-G. Nesselrath, C. Petit, R. M. Rosen, F. Steger, u.a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The present volume offers an edition, updated English translation of, introduction to, and seven multi-authored contributions on Galen\u2019s small tract That the Best Doctor is also a Philosopher<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The volume seeks to put Galen\u2019s text into conversation with recent interrogations of medicine\u2019s self-sufficiency \u2013 or disciplinary autonomy \u2013 in the Medical Humanities. As the title of the ancient work conveys and the essays in this volume unpack, Galen argues for a reenvisioning of medicine by making philosophy constitutive of his profession on the grounds that the latter\u2019s methods of reasoning, explanations of the natural world, and ethical directives enable the doctor to understand and treat the body in disease. In so doing, Galen expands medical knowledge at the expanse of instrumentalizing the philosophical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of contents and reading sample:<\/p>\n\n\n