Orly Lewis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3785815 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Orly Lewis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Orly |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewis |
| SIGNATURE | LEWIS O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0175-7235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fragments of History and Science
Previous articleNext article FreeSecond Look: Samuel Sambursky, Physics of the StoicsFragments of History and ScienceOrly LewisOrly LewisPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreI have a vivid memory of the first time I read Samuel Sambursky's Physics of the Stoics.1 It was late on a summer evening almost ten years ago, and I had sat out…
Mental and physical gradualism in Graeco-Roman medicine
The aim of this chapter is to explore how ancient medical ideas offer relevant parallels to the modern notions of degree vagueness and combinatorial vagueness with respect to mental health and its management. By closely examining several key examples, this chapter argues that Graeco-Roman physicians recognized physical and mental health as states that admit of gradation and were aware of the nuances, variations, and even the relativity of the dis…
Pseudo-Aristotelian De spiritu
The Substance of De Spiritu
The aim of this paper is to depict the anatomical and physiological doctrines of the treatise entitled Περι πνευματος, or De spiritu. By closely examining the contents of the treatise on its own accord, rather than through its Aristotelian or Hellenistic contexts, we attempt to overcome the aporetic and often disconnected style of the author, and to present a coherent picture of his doctrine of pneuma, its roles in the body, the anatomical struct…
The Context of De Spiritu
This paper underlines the importance of the Pseudo-Aristotelian treatise De spiritu for our knowledge of early Hellenistic anatomical and physiological theories. We claim that the treatise verifies reports on certain 4th- and 3rd-century conceptions and debates otherwise attested only in later sources, and offers invaluable information on otherwise unknown ideas and discussions. Our claim is based on ten case-studies in which we explore the relat…
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Pseudo-Aristotelian De spiritu
The Substance of De Spiritu
The aim of this paper is to depict the anatomical and physiological doctrines of the treatise entitled Περι πνευματος, or De spiritu. By closely examining the contents of the treatise on its own accord, rather than through its Aristotelian or Hellenistic contexts, we attempt to overcome the aporetic and often disconnected style of the author, and to present a coherent picture of his doctrine of pneuma, its roles in the body, the anatomical struct…
The Context of De Spiritu
This paper underlines the importance of the Pseudo-Aristotelian treatise De spiritu for our knowledge of early Hellenistic anatomical and physiological theories. We claim that the treatise verifies reports on certain 4th- and 3rd-century conceptions and debates otherwise attested only in later sources, and offers invaluable information on otherwise unknown ideas and discussions. Our claim is based on ten case-studies in which we explore the relat…
Mental and physical gradualism in Graeco-Roman medicine
The aim of this chapter is to explore how ancient medical ideas offer relevant parallels to the modern notions of degree vagueness and combinatorial vagueness with respect to mental health and its management. By closely examining several key examples, this chapter argues that Graeco-Roman physicians recognized physical and mental health as states that admit of gradation and were aware of the nuances, variations, and even the relativity of the dis…
Fragments of History and Science
Previous articleNext article FreeSecond Look: Samuel Sambursky, Physics of the StoicsFragments of History and ScienceOrly LewisOrly LewisPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreI have a vivid memory of the first time I read Samuel Sambursky's Physics of the Stoics.1 It was late on a summer evening almost ten years ago, and I had sat out…
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