Justice in Aesara of Lucania (4th or 3rd century BC)

Mary Ellen Waithe, Cleveland State Universit

Philosophy of medicine in Aesara of Lucania (4th or 3rd century BC)

Mary Ellen Waithe, Cleveland State Universit

Studied Abroad for 400 Years: Oliva Sabuco's New Philosophy of Human Nature

Oliva Sabuco's New Philosophy of Human nature (1587) is an early modern philosophy of medicine that challenged the views of the successors to Aristotle, especially Galen and Ibn Sina (Avicenna). It also challenged the paradigm of the male as the epitome of the human and instead offers a gender-neutral philosophy of human nature. Now largely forgotten, it was widely read and influential amongst philosophers of medicine including DeClave, LePois, Harvey,Southey and others, particularly for its account of the role of the nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid in mind-body interaction. In this article I trace its early influence by tracing provenance of the editions produced during the lifetime of its author

Natural law theory in Aesara of Lucania (4th or 3rd century BC)

Mary Ellen Waithe, Cleveland State Universit

New Philosophy of Human Nature

This volume is a critical edition of the 1587 treatise by Oliva Sabuco, New Philosophy of Human Nature , written during the Spanish Inquisition. Puzzled by medicine\u27s abject failure to find a cure for the plague, Sabuco developed a new theory of human nature as the foundation for her remarkably modern holistic philosophy of medicine. Fifty years before Descartes, Sabuco posited a dualism that accounted for mind/body interaction. She was first among the moderns to argue that the brain - not the heart - controls the body. Her account also anticipates the role of cerebrospinal fluid, the relationship between mental and physical health, and the absorption of nutrients through digestion. This extensively annotated translation features an ample introduction demonstrating the work\u27s importance to the history of science, philosophy of medicine, and women\u27s studies.https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/scholbks/1118/thumbnail.jp