Asclepius
Title | Asclepius PDF eBook |
Author | Clement Salaman |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | 2013-11-01 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1472537718 |
The Asclepius is one of two philosophical books ascribed to the legendary sage of Ancient Egypt, Hermes Trismegistus, who was believed in classical and renaissance times to have lived shortly after Moses. The Greek original, lost since classical times, is thought to date from the 2nd or 3rd century AD. However, a Latin version survived, of which this volume is a translation. Like its companion, the Corpus Hermeticum (or The Way of Hermes), the Asclepius describes the most profound philosophical questions in the form of a conversation about secrets: the nature of the One, the role of the gods, and the stature of the human being. Not only does this work offer spiritual guidance, but it is also a valuable insight into the minds and emotions of the Egyptians in ancient and classical times. Many of the views expressed also reflect Gnostic beliefs which passed into early Christianity.
Asclepius
Title | Asclepius PDF eBook |
Author | Emma J. Edelstein |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Total Pages | 796 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801857690 |
Legendary ancient Greek physician and healer god Asclepius was considered the foremost antagonist of Christ. Providing an overview of all facets of the Asclepius phenomenon, this work, first published in two volumes in 1945, comprises a unique collection of the literary references and inscriptions in ancient texts to Asclepius, his life, his deeds, cult, temples--with extended analysis thereof.
Asclepius
Title | Asclepius PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald David Hart |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 288 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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This book is a wide-ranging survey and discussion of the god, Asclepius, in the ancient world of Greece and Rome, based upon first-hand evidence from numismatic, literary and archaeological sources. It reviews Asclepian temple medicine and offers a clinical explanation for its success. It will be of interest to many of those working within or associated with the world of medicine today, as well as to teachers and students of the history of medicine.
Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake
Title | Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake PDF eBook |
Author | T. A. Cavanaugh |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 193 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0190673672 |
T. A. Cavanaugh's Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake: The Birth of the Medical Profession articulates the Oath as establishing the medical profession's unique internal medical ethic - in its most basic and least controvertible form, this ethic mandates that physicians help and not harm the sick. Relying on Greek myth, drama, and medical experience (e.g., homeopathy), the book shows how this medical ethic arose from reflection on the most vexing medical-ethical problem -- injury caused by a physician -- and argues that deliberate iatrogenic harm, especially the harm of a doctor choosing to kill (physician assisted suicide, euthanasia, abortion, and involvement in capital punishment), amounts to an abandonment of medicine as an exclusively therapeutic profession. The book argues that medicine as a profession necessarily involves stating before others what one stands for: the good one seeks and the bad one seeks to avoid on behalf of the sick, and rejects the view that medicine is purely a technique lacking its own unique internal ethic. It concludes noting that medical promising (as found in the White Coat Ceremony through which U. S. medical students matriculate) implicates medical autonomy which in turn merits respect, including honoring professional conscientious objections.
The Impact of the Roman Empire on the Cult of Asclepius
Title | The Impact of the Roman Empire on the Cult of Asclepius PDF eBook |
Author | Ghislaine van der Ploeg |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 337 |
Release | 2018-07-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004372776 |
In The Impact of the Roman Empire on The Cult of Asclepius Ghislaine van der Ploeg offers an analysis of the cult of Asclepius during the Roman imperial period and how worship was adapted and disseminated at this time.
Hermetica
Title | Hermetica PDF eBook |
Author | Brian P. Copenhaver |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 410 |
Release | 1995-10-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780521425438 |
The Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical texts written in late antiquity, but long believed to be much older. Their supposed author, Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of Moses, and the Hermetic philosophy was regarded as an ancient theology, parallel to the received wisdom of the Bible. This first English translation based on reliable texts, together with Brian P. Copenhaver's comprehensive introduction, provide an indispensable resource to scholars in ancient philosophy and religion, early Christianity, Renaissance literature, and history, the history of science, and the occultist tradition in which the Hermetica have become canonical texts.
The Tools of Asclepius
Title | The Tools of Asclepius PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Bliquez |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 475 |
Release | 2014-11-27 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9004283595 |
With The Tools of Asclepius Lawrence Bliquez offers the first comprehensive treatment in English of the instruments and paraphernalia employed by Greco-Roman surgeons since John St. Milne’s Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times (1907). Introductory sections cover topics ranging from literary and archaeological sources to the design, materials and production of instruments and the training and practice of the doctors-surgeons who used them. Summaries of Hippocratic and Hellenistic surgery lead to the meat of the book: tools used during the Roman Empire. These are presented by category (e.g. Cutting Instruments) broken into subcategories (Scalpel, Lithotome, etc.). A substantial appendix deals with biodegradable items, such as suppositories. Much new material is featured and the book is richly illustrated.