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Rufus of Ephesus

On Melancholy

Ed. by Peter E. Pormann. Introduction, Text, Translation and Interpretative Essays by Philip J. van der Eijk, Vivian Nutton, Peter E. Pormann, Thomas Rütten, Peter-Klaus Schuster, Simon Swain a.o.

[Rufus von Ephesus: Über die Melancholie.]

2008. XV, 332 Seiten.

Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia XII

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DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-156442-0

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In seiner medizinischen Monographie Über die Melancholie verbindet Rufus von Ephesus (fl. 100 n. Chr.) medizinische und philosophische Aspekte: Schwarze Galle ist Ursache von Wahnsinn und Depression, aber auch Zeichen des geistigen Genies. Seine Vorstellung der Melancholie hat die folgenden Ärztegenerationen, insbesondere Galen, stark beeinflusst, und sowohl das Mittelalter wie auch die Renaissance dominiert.
In dem vorliegenden Band werden die griechischen, lateinischen und arabischen Fragmente dieser im Original verlorenen Schrift zum ersten Mal gesammelt, ins Englische übersetzt und kommentiert. In interpretierenden Essays haben sich führende Wissenschaftler mit dem Fortleben dieser Schrift in Antike, Mittelalter, Renaissance und Früher Neuzeit aus historischer, philosophischer, literarisches, kunstgeschichtlicher und psychiatrischer Sicht beschäftigt.

Inhaltsübersicht

Simon Swain: Social Stress and Political Pressure: Rufus' Melancholy Patients and Their Time – Vivian Nutton: The Medical World of Rufus of Ephesus – Philip van der Eijk: Rufus' On Melancholy and Its Philosophical Background – Peter E. Pormann: Melancholy in the Medieval World: the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Traditions – Peter-Klaus Schuster, Jörg Völlnagel: Dürer and Rufus: Melencolia I in the Medical Tradition – Peter Toohey: Rufus of Ephesus and the Tradition of the Melancholy Thinker – Thomas Rütten: Rufus' Legacy in the Psychopathological Literature of the (Early) Modern Period

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Peter E. Pormann is Wellcome Trust Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, UK.

Philip J. van der Eijk is Research Professor of Greek and Director of the Northern Centre for the History of Medicine at Newcastle University. He has published widely on ancient medicine, philosophy and patristics.

Vivian Nutton is Professor of the History of Medicine at University College London.

Thomas Rütten is a Reader in the History of Medicine at Newcastle University. He has published widely on ancient, early modern and modern medicine, notably on the history of melancholy, Hippocratism(s) and the representation of medicine in works of fine art and fiction.

Peter-Klaus Schuster studied Art History, German and Philosophy at the universities of Tübingen, Zurich, Frankfurt, and Göttingen. He was the director of the National Gallery (1994–97) and director general of the State Museums in Berlin (Prussian Heritage Trust; 1999–2008); he curated the exhibition ‘Melancholy, Genius and Madness’ in Paris (2005) and Berlin (2006).

Simon Swain is Professor of Classics at the University of Warwick.

Peter Toohey is a Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. He worked previously and for many years in his native Australia at the University of New England.

Jörg Völlnagel studied Art History and History, and has been since 2002 associate curator at the State Museums in Berlin (Prussian Heritage Trust). He co-curated the exhibition ‘Melancholy, Genius and Madness’ in Paris (2005) and Berlin (2006).

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In: — 4 (2011 [2012]), S. 281–286 (Ephraim Nissan)

In: Journal of Semitic Studies — 55 (2010), S. 278–280 (Oliver Kahl)

In: Journal of Roman Studies — 101 (2011), S. 261–263 (David Konstan)

In: Bryn Mawr Classical Review — http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2010/2010–06–17.html (06/2010) (Philippe Charlier)

In: Nederlands Dagblad — 2. Januar 2009, S. 4 (Beilage) (Herman J. Selderhuis)

In: Gnomon — 82 (2010), S. 686–690 (Gotthard Strohmeier)

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Peter E. Pormann is Wellcome Trust Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, UK.

Philip J. van der Eijk is Research Professor of Greek and Director of the Northern Centre for the History of Medicine at Newcastle University. He has published widely on ancient medicine, philosophy and patristics.

Vivian Nutton is Professor of the History of Medicine at University College London.

Thomas Rütten is a Reader in the History of Medicine at Newcastle University. He has published widely on ancient, early modern and modern medicine, notably on the history of melancholy, Hippocratism(s) and the representation of medicine in works of fine art and fiction.

Peter-Klaus Schuster studied Art History, German and Philosophy at the universities of Tübingen, Zurich, Frankfurt, and Göttingen. He was the director of the National Gallery (1994–97) and director general of the State Museums in Berlin (Prussian Heritage Trust; 1999–2008); he curated the exhibition ‘Melancholy, Genius and Madness’ in Paris (2005) and Berlin (2006).

Simon Swain is Professor of Classics at the University of Warwick.

Peter Toohey is a Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. He worked previously and for many years in his native Australia at the University of New England.

Jörg Völlnagel studied Art History and History, and has been since 2002 associate curator at the State Museums in Berlin (Prussian Heritage Trust). He co-curated the exhibition ‘Melancholy, Genius and Madness’ in Paris (2005) and Berlin (2006).

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