Centaure congédié, Démiurge agréé ou comment la réflexion médicale met à l’épreuve la validité des mythes
In the IInd century of our era Galen of Pergamus built up a rational medical work which ruled out the magic practices or explanations drawn from mythological narratives looked upon as so many false beliefs. He indulged in particular in a critical analysis of the fabulous figure of the Centaur whose...
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| description | In the IInd century of our era Galen of Pergamus built up a rational medical work which ruled out the magic practices or explanations drawn from mythological narratives looked upon as so many false beliefs. He indulged in particular in a critical analysis of the fabulous figure of the Centaur whose existence seemed to him incompatible with his knowledge of living bodies. And yet that keenly rational thought gave birth in its turn to a myth. Galen relied on his medical knowledge to construct the figure of the demiurge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c9cefcc4fa74414ab608c7beac207682023-02-09T16:29:14ZfraPresses universitaires du MidiPallas0031-03872272-76392009-01-0178879410.4000/pallas.14336Centaure congédié, Démiurge agréé ou comment la réflexion médicale met à l’épreuve la validité des mythesPascal BalinIn the IInd century of our era Galen of Pergamus built up a rational medical work which ruled out the magic practices or explanations drawn from mythological narratives looked upon as so many false beliefs. He indulged in particular in a critical analysis of the fabulous figure of the Centaur whose existence seemed to him incompatible with his knowledge of living bodies. And yet that keenly rational thought gave birth in its turn to a myth. Galen relied on his medical knowledge to construct the figure of the demiurge.http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/14336Galendemiurgecentaurmythreason |
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| title | Centaure congédié, Démiurge agréé ou comment la réflexion médicale met à l’épreuve la validité des mythes |
| title_full | Centaure congédié, Démiurge agréé ou comment la réflexion médicale met à l’épreuve la validité des mythes |
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| title_short | Centaure congédié, Démiurge agréé ou comment la réflexion médicale met à l’épreuve la validité des mythes |
| title_sort | centaure congedie demiurge agree ou comment la reflexion medicale met a l epreuve la validite des mythes |
| topic | Galen demiurge centaur myth reason |
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