{"product_id":"galen-on-human-physiology-taking-the-body-apart-and-putting-it-back-together-again-hardback-9781009435819","title":"Galen on Human Physiology; Taking the Body Apart and Putting it Back Together Again (Hardback) 9781009435819","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGalen on Human Physiology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTaking the Body Apart and Putting it Back Together Again\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn innovative study of Galen of Pergamum's physiological theories, especially his understanding of the vital unity of the human body.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAistė Čelkytė (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009435819, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.1 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGalen of Pergamum, known as 'the prince of medicine', is an important figure not only for the history of medicine but also for ancient philosophy, history of ideas and cultural history. In this book, Aistė Čelkytė explores Galenic physiology and examines how this highly influential figure theorised the unity of the multi-part, ever-moving and ever-changing human body. She approaches this question by first studying how Galen 'takes the body apart', that is, the different divisions of the body into parts that he proposes, and then how he 'puts it back together', that is, his use of philosophical tools to posit the vital unity among these parts. She then looks at Galen's theorisation of human nature, his understanding of parthood, the hierarchies between the parts that underpin vital functions, the 'mechanisms' that make the body one, and Galen's understanding of the body as a multifaceted but unified whole.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Galen on parts: taking the body apart\u003cbr\u003e 2. Nutrition, growth, and vegetative capacities\u003cbr\u003e 3. Respiration and transpiration: the cardiac system and pneumatology\u003cbr\u003e 4. Perception and voluntary motion: the nervous systems\u003cbr\u003e 5. Tripartition: putting the body back together\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e General index\u003cbr\u003e Index locorum.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20Ancient,%20to%20c%20500%20%5BHPCA%5D%22\"\u003eHPCA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414006722840,"sku":"9781009435819","price":77.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009435819i.jpg?v=1784335518","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/galen-on-human-physiology-taking-the-body-apart-and-putting-it-back-together-again-hardback-9781009435819","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}