Galen's Humanistic Medicine: The Essay, Quod Optimus Medicus

Introduction, Text, Translation And Interpretive Essays By Todd Curtis [and 8 Others] ; Edited By Aileen R. Das. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 171-177) And Indexes. Preface To This Volume -- A. Introduction. -- The Best Doctor-philosopher / Aileen R. Das -- 1. Origin Stories -- 2. Galen's Textual Edifice -- 3. The Text -- 4. Receptions -- 5. Textual Histories -- 6. Principles Of Translation -- 7. A Short Note On The Greek Text Of Galen's Qom In This Volume / Heinz-günther Nesselrath -- B. Text, Translation And Notes. ΓΑΛΗΝΟΥ ΟΤΙ Ο ΑΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΙΑΤΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΣ : Text By Heinz-günther Nesselrath And Translation By Aileen R. Das -- Notes On The Translation / Aileen R. Das, Heinz-günther Nesselrath [n.] -- C. Essays. -- Galen's Plea For An Understanding Of Medicine : Ancient Lessons For Today's Practice / Florian Steger -- 1. Introduction: How To Practice Medicine Well -- 2. Patient-doctor Communication -- 3. Theory In Practice -- 4. Money And Medicine -- 5. An Empirical Approach -- 6. The Doctor-philosopher, A Romantic Ideal-- Galen And Pergamon : The Role Of Religion In Framing Medical Authority / Bronwen L. Wickkiser -- 1. Religion -- 2. Asclepius, Physicians, And Pergamon -- 3. Galen And Asclepius -- 4. Qom And The Gods -- Genre, Rhetoric, And Philosophical Discourse : A Rhetorical Analysis Of Quod Optimus Medicus Sit Quoque Philosophus / Todd Curtis -- 1. Occasion And Exigency Of Qom -- 2. Philosophical Discourse, Genre, And Qom -- 3. Hippocrates, Askesis, And The Rhetorical Topos In Qom -- 4. Conclusion -- Galen's Hippocrates In That The Best Doctor Is Also A Philosopher / Ralph M. Rosen -- Galen Between Medicine And Philosophy / Teun Tieleman -- Galen's Philosopher-physician From Late Antiquity To The Arabic-islamic World In ʻabbāsid Times / Elvira Wakelnig -- The Arabic Translation Of Qom : Ḥu Nayn Ibn Isḥāq's That The Excellent Physician Must Be A Philosopher -- 2. Medicine As The Noblest Science Allegedly According To Aristotle : ʻalī Ibn Rabban Al-ṭa Barī's Paradise Of Wisdom On Medicine -- 3. The Physician As The True Imitator Of God : Isḥāq Ibn ʻalī Al-ruhāwī's The Good Manners Of The Physician -- 4. The First Attested Arabic Quotations From Qom : Abū Bakr Al-rāzī's On The Examination Of The Physician And His Appointment -- 5. When Reality Catches Up : Abū L-ḥa San Al-ṭa Barī's Hippocratic Treatments -- 6. Rejecting The Galenic Dictum : Ibn Hindkūs Key To Medicine And The Guide For Students -- 7. The Physician Insofar As He Is A Physician Is No Philosopher : Ibn Sīnā's Canon On Medicine -- 8. Toward A Clear Separation Between Philosophy And Medicine : Ibn Buḫtīšū's Epistle About Medicine And The Psychic States -- 9. Conclusion -- Humanitas And The Galenic Doctor : Medicine, Philosophy, And Religion In The Renaissance / Caroline Petit -- 1. Erasmus And Galen's Quod Optimus Medicus Sit Quoque Philosophus -- 2. The Ideal Physician In The Renaissance -- 3. The Physician And Humanitas -- 4. Conclusion : The Ideal Doctor, Philosophy, And Religion.