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Galen: On Problematical Movements (Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries, Series Number 47) by Vivian Nutton (editor, Translator), Gerrit Bos (Contributor). Galen is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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In this forgotten treatise, preserved largely in medieval translations into Arabic and Latin, the greatest medical scientist of antiquity investigates the relationship between conscious and unconscious movements. He looks at the structure of the tongue and the oesophagus, and asks why mental perceptions can have physical effects on the body. Some of his questions still trouble modern scientists, although they would not accept most of his answers. The extensive Introduction and Commentary explain
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- Author
- Vivian Nutton (editor, Translator), Gerrit Bos (Contributor). Galen
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521115490
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Medical, History, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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