Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 1 The man and his work
- 2 Galen and his contemporaries
- 3 Methodology
- 4 Logic
- 5 Language
- 6 Epistemology
- 7 Psychology
- 8 Philosophy of nature
- 9 Anatomy
- 10 Physiology
- 11 Therapeutics
- 12 Drugs and pharmacology
- 13 Commentary
- 14 The fortunes of Galen
- Appendix 1: A guide to the editions and abbreviations of the Galenic corpus
- Appendix 2: English titles and modern translations
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Language
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2008
- Frontmatter
- 1 The man and his work
- 2 Galen and his contemporaries
- 3 Methodology
- 4 Logic
- 5 Language
- 6 Epistemology
- 7 Psychology
- 8 Philosophy of nature
- 9 Anatomy
- 10 Physiology
- 11 Therapeutics
- 12 Drugs and pharmacology
- 13 Commentary
- 14 The fortunes of Galen
- Appendix 1: A guide to the editions and abbreviations of the Galenic corpus
- Appendix 2: English titles and modern translations
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
WORKS OF GALEN CONCERNING LOGIC (LOST UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED)
Under the heading 'commentaries on Hippocrates' (On My Own Books [Lib.Prop.] XIX 33):
An explanation of Hippocratic terminology (ibid. 37)
Under the heading 'books useful for demonstrations' (ibid. 39):
On propositions with the same meaning, in one book (ibid. 43)
On things said in many ways, in three books
How one should distinguish an enquiry into things from one into word and meaning, in one book
On the correctness of names, in three books
Against those who interpret words abusively, in one book (ibid. 44)
On the enquiry into word and meaning (ibid. 45)
Under the heading 'works concerning the philosophy of Aristotle' (ibid. 47):
Commentary on On how many ways, in three books
Commentary on Eudemus' Speech, in three books
On linguistic sophisms (Soph.)
Under the heading ‘works common to grammarians and orators’ (ibid. 48):
Dictionary of words used by the Attic prose-writers, in forty-eight books
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