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Gli Epicurei romani sulla medicina: Senocle, Alessandro, Zopiro e Lucrezio
- Author(s):
- Enrico Piergiacomi (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Item Type:
- Article
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/qna7-8145
- Abstract:
- The paper reconstructs the thought of four Roman Epicureans on the medi- cine: Xenocles of Delphi, Alexander, Zopyrus, who appear in books 2 and 3 of Plutarch’s "Table Talk", and Lucretius. I argue that these characters are not only experts in medicine, but also share the common aim of making ethical use of this knowledge to lead humans towards happiness and good health. In turn, I explore the possibility that Xenocles draws on the medical doctrines of Asclepiades of Bi- thynia in order both to explain appetite and to exhort us to seek satiety; that Al- exander uses medicine to explain and then reject the Orphic-Pythagorean injunc- tion to abstain from beans; finally, that Zopyrus and Lucretius give an account of Epicurus’ reflection on sexual pleasure with the goal of encouraging the youth to seek it with moderation and with an hygienic regime.
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- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. Date:
- 2019
- Journal:
- Ciceroniana On Line»
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 1
- Page Range:
- 191 - 228
- ISSN:
- 2532-5353
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 months ago
- License:
- Attribution
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