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Galen's Treatise ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï (De indolentia) in Context
A Tale of Resilience
Series: - Studies in Ancient Medicine, Volume: 52
Editor:
This collective volume arises from a Wellcome-funded conference held at the University of Warwick in 2014 about the ânewâ Galen discovered in 2005 in a Greek manuscript, De indolentia. In the wake of the latest English translation published by Vivian Nutton in 2013, this book offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the new text, discussing in turn issues around Galenâs literary production, his medical and philosophical contribution to the theme of avoiding distress (á¼Î»Ï
Ïία), controversial topics in Roman history such as the Antonine plague and the reign of Commodus, and finally the reception of the text in the Islamic world. Gathering eleven contributions by recognised specialists of Galen, Greek literature and Roman history, it revisits the new text extensively.
Caroline Petit, Ph.D. (2004), Université Paris-Sorbonne, is Assistant Professor of Classics and the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick. She has published extensively on Galen, the Galenic corpus, and their transmission and reception.
"In sum, this volume, with its excellent typography, highlights the extent â¯to which Ind. changes our perception of Galen and his works: it both bridges gaps in previous research and raises new questions that make it abundantlyâ¯clear there is much more work to be done." - Mónica Durán Mañas, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2020.04.11.
Introduction: A Long Lost Text: Galenâs ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï
ÏίαÏ
âCaroline Petit
1 Note on Ms. Vlatadon 14: A Summary of the Main Findings and Problems
âP. N. Singer
2 Death, Posterity and the Vulnerable Self: Galenâs ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï in the Context of His Late Writings
âCaroline Petit
3 Galen and the Language of Old Comedy: Glimpses of a Lost Treatise at Ind. 23bâ28
âAmy Coker
4 New Light And Old Texts: Galen On His Own Books
âP. N. Singer
5 Galenâs ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï as Philosophical Therapy: How Coherent is it?
âChristopher Gill
6 Galen and the Sceptics (and the Epicureans) on the Unavoidability of Distress
âR. J. Hankinson
7 A New Distress: Galenâs Ethics In ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï and Beyond
âP. N. Singer
8 Wisdom and Emotion: Galenâs Philosophical Position in Avoiding Distress
âTeun Tieleman
9 Galen and the Plague
âRebecca Flemming
10 Galen and the Last Days of Commodus
âMatthew Nicholls
11 Arabic Peri Alupias: Did al-Kindî and Râzî Read Galen?
âAntoine Pietrobelli
âCaroline Petit
1 Note on Ms. Vlatadon 14: A Summary of the Main Findings and Problems
âP. N. Singer
Part 1: ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï and Galenâs Oeuvre
2 Death, Posterity and the Vulnerable Self: Galenâs ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï in the Context of His Late Writings
âCaroline Petit
3 Galen and the Language of Old Comedy: Glimpses of a Lost Treatise at Ind. 23bâ28
âAmy Coker
4 New Light And Old Texts: Galen On His Own Books
âP. N. Singer
Part 2: Galenâs Distress: ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï and the Philosophical Tradition
5 Galenâs ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï as Philosophical Therapy: How Coherent is it?
âChristopher Gill
6 Galen and the Sceptics (and the Epicureans) on the Unavoidability of Distress
âR. J. Hankinson
7 A New Distress: Galenâs Ethics In ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï and Beyond
âP. N. Singer
8 Wisdom and Emotion: Galenâs Philosophical Position in Avoiding Distress
âTeun Tieleman
Part 3: Galenâs ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏÎ¯Î±Ï and the History of the Roman Empire
9 Galen and the Plague
âRebecca Flemming
10 Galen and the Last Days of Commodus
âMatthew Nicholls
Epilogue: The Lost Readership of Galenâs ΠεÏὶ á¼Î»Ï ÏίαÏ
11 Arabic Peri Alupias: Did al-Kindî and Râzî Read Galen?
âAntoine Pietrobelli
All interested in Galen, ancient Greek philosophy, Roman history, the history of medicine, and the history of literature.