Magic And Rationality In Ancient Near Eastern And Graeco-roman Medicine

Magic And Rationality In Ancient Near Eastern And Graeco-roman Medicine
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Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 9789004136663
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Download or read book Magic And Rationality In Ancient Near Eastern And Graeco-roman Medicine written by Herman F. J. Horstmanshoff and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of methods in Ancient Near Eastern and Greek and Roman medicine, based on representative text corpora. Central is the question of what is "rational," or not, in the various systems.


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