Health: A History

by Peter Adamson

Book Overview

From antiquity to the early modern period, many philosophers also studied anatomy and medicine, or were medical doctors themselves -- yet the history of philosophy and of medicine are pursued as separate disciplines. This book departs from that practice, gathering contributions by both historians of philosophy and of medicine to trace the concept of health from ancient Greece and China, through the Islamic world and to modern thinkers such as Descartes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199916446
• ISBN13: 9780199916443
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.1"