Medicine as metaphor in Plato

Journal/Book: J Med Phil. 1995; 20: Spuiboulevard 50, PO Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publ. 527-541.

Abstract: This article (1) argues that ancient Greek medicine had a significant effect on the way in which Plato conceived of ethics, and (2) explores some ways in which Plato integrated medical concepts such as ''health'' into his ethics. Specific parallels between ancient medicine and such concepts as eudaimonia, soul, nature and convention, etc., are discussed, as is the relation between conceptions of health and medical treatment.

Note: Article JW Lidz, Bentley Coll, Dept Philosophy, 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02154 USA

Keyword(s): ancient medicine; ethics; health; Plato

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