Ideas of Galen, by Theme
[Greek, 129 - 200, Born at Pergamum. Settled in Rome at the age of 40, and died there. Doctor and medical thinker, who left many writings.]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind
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Galen showed by experiment that the brain controls the body [Hankinson]
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties
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We just use the word 'faculty' when we don't know the psychological cause
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean
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Galen's medicine followed the mean; each illness was balanced by opposite treatment [Hacking]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
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Each part of the soul has its virtue - pleasure for appetite, success for competition, and rectitude for reason
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