Article ID: CBB072354567

Galen on the Anatomy of Memory (2022)

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Memory is a well-researched topic in classical philosophy and literature, but it has often not been addressed in Greco-Roman medical texts. In this text, I aim to survey some aspects of the concept of memory in Galen’s oeuvre (129 - c.216). Albeit Galen did not write any text devoted to the topic of memory, we do find in his oeuvre quite a few considerations about the role of memory in the ‘economy’ of human life. As a doctor with genuine interests in philosophy, Galen’s observations on memory are at the crossroad of philosophical and clinical ideas about remembering and forgetting. Therefore, I will look at Galen’s conception of memory in its ordinary and pathological aspects, e.g., its role in learning, epistemology, and memory disorders. This research emerges as a central aspect of Galen’s thought that the psycho-physiological condition of the organism impacts memory’s performance.

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Authors & Contributors
Passavanti, Sandro
Klaus Corcilius
Enrico Crivellato
Iorio, Silvia
Claudia Zatta
Serangeli, Ambra
Concepts
Medicine
Philosophy
Hippocratic medicine
Memory
Anatomy
Therapeutics
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Renaissance
19th century
Places
Rome (Italy)
Italy
Greece
Europe
Alexandria (Egypt)
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