title: Philosophy of ancient medicine: Galen on homoiomeres
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metadata.value: Shcheglov, Andrey P.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Shok, Nataliya P.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-02-06T11:33:33Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-02-06T11:33:33Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Shcheglov A. P., Shok N. P. Philosophy of ancient medicine: Galen on homoiomeres. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2019, vol. 35, issue 4, pp. 593–606.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2019.406
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17012
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metadata.value: The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the teachings of the ancient philosopher
  and doctor Galen about “homoiomeres.” This term was established by Aristotle to denote
  the concept of elementary beginning, the smallest element of every quality. The relevance of
  this topic is primarily due to the fact that by turning to the analysis of Galen’s ideas about
  homoiomeres and their modern interpretation will help to reveal the unique philosophical context of the formation of medical science in antiquity. The authors turn to the study of the
  term “homoiomeres” in order to discern how Galen explained the disease processes occurring
  in the human body, based on the philosophical doctrine of “homoiomeres.” Homoiomeres,
  from the point of view of Galen, are insubstantial entities that are in the very basis of being.
  They realize the idea of anything in matter, including in the human body, both in general and
  in its particulars. On numerous examples from anatomy, Galen shows that homoiomeres is
  the equality of absolute, identical and abstract ideas in being, realized in the same volatile
  reality. In other words, homoiomeres and inherent identity are relative not with respect to a
  changeable reality, but to an ideal being. The substance, divided to infinity, is limited to a certain
  homogeneous quality as a result; the whole multiplicity of things appears, united by a certain
  existential accord. Homogeneity characterizes the forces inherent in it, acting in separate parts
  of the organism, endowing them with strength, movement, and function, which, in turn, are
  inherent in each particular part, and in the whole organism. At the same time homoiomeres
  are an internal harmony of the body, which contain homogeneous forces inherent in a certain
  qualitative state, despite the constant change of particles forming the organism.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 35; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: homoiomeres
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: state of the body
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: identity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: forces
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: movement
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: immaterial entities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: homogeneity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: quality
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the organization of a living organism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: multiplicity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: matter
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: property
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: idea
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: natural abilities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Philosophy of ancient medicine: Galen on homoiomeres
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metadata.value: Article
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