Plato's Rivalry with Medicine - A Struggle and Its Dissolution - Hardback - 2014

Susan B. Levin argues that Plato's engagement with medicine is richer than previously recognized and that he views it as an important rival for authority on nature and flourishing. Levin shows further that Plato's work, particularly the Laws, holds significant promise for bioethics that has so far been nearly untapped.
Year of publication: 2014
Pagination: 320 pages
Format: Hardback