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Hippocrates Jacques Jouanna

Hippocrates By Jacques Jouanna

Hippocrates by Jacques Jouanna


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This volume contends that a great deal can be concluded about the life and works of Hippocrates. It reveals a man who was indeed a great ancient physician, but also a great philosopher, historian, writer and a master of tragic narrative.

Hippocrates Summary

Hippocrates by Jacques Jouanna

In view of Hippocrates' exceptional importance in the history of medicine, it seems surprising that our knowledge of his life and career should be so incomplete. Jacques Jouanna contends that a great deal can be concluded about the life and works of Hippocrates. He reveals a man who was a great ancient physician, but also a philosopher of unrecognized ability and consequence who influenced both Plato and Aristotle; a historian who was the equal of Herodotus and Thucydides as a writer and superior to them in his powers of observation and analysis; and a master of tragic narrative who bears comparison with Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the great playwrights of the classical period.

Hippocrates Reviews

Praise for the French edition: "A beautiful and rich study."'--Le Monde' "The name Hippocrates is known to all, as is the Hippocratic oath; the little island of Cos, his birthplace, has become famous...But who today knows who Hippocrates really was and the reason for his importance? Jacques Jouanna's book supplies the answer to this question...It proves once more that one is never as clear as when one has a thorough command of his subject."--'Le Figaro Littiraire' "An enthralling work."--'Le Journal du Dimanche'

About Jacques Jouanna

Jacques Jouanna is a professor of Greek literature and civilization at the Sorbonne (University of Paris-IV).

Additional information

GOR012474971
9780801859076
0801859077
Hippocrates by Jacques Jouanna
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Johns Hopkins University Press
1999-01-01
552
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