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A new edition of Galen's text on causal theory, and the first translation of it into a modern language.

R. J. Hankinson traces the history of ancient Greek thinking about causation and explanation, from its earliest beginnings through more than a thousand years to

Galen of Pergamum (AD 129–c.216) was the most influential doctor of later antiquity, whose work was to influence medical theory and practice for more than fif

Galen's treatises on the classification and causation of diseases and symptoms are an important component of his prodigious oeuvre, forming a bridge between his

Explores Galen's contributions to (mainly scientific) epistemology and their legacy in the Islamic world.