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- Teleology in the Ancient World
- Teleology in the Ancient World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I The Socratic Foundations of Teleology
- Part II Plato and the Platonic Tradition
- Part III Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition
- Part IV Teleology in Medicine
- Chapter 10 Teleology in Hippocratic Texts: Clues to the Future?
- Chapter 11 The Place of Disease in a Teleological World-view
- Chapter 12 Teleology and Necessity in Greek Embryology
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Chapter 11 - The Place of Disease in a Teleological World-view
Plato, Aristotle, Galen
from Part IV - Teleology in Medicine
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 October 2017
- Teleology in the Ancient World
- Teleology in the Ancient World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I The Socratic Foundations of Teleology
- Part II Plato and the Platonic Tradition
- Part III Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition
- Part IV Teleology in Medicine
- Chapter 10 Teleology in Hippocratic Texts: Clues to the Future?
- Chapter 11 The Place of Disease in a Teleological World-view
- Chapter 12 Teleology and Necessity in Greek Embryology
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
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- Teleology in the Ancient WorldPhilosophical and Medical Approaches, pp. 203 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017