Medical and Philosophical Perspectives on Illness and Disease in the Middle Ages

During the Middle Ages, physicians, philosophers, and theologians developed a complex and rich discourse on the concept of sickness. Illness (infirmitas) was perceived as the natural state of existential imperfection for homo viator, fallen due to sin and impaired in his bodily integrity. Leprosy, s...

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Format:	Online
Sprog:	engelsk
Udgivet:	E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni 2025
Fag:	Disease Plague Leprosy History of medicine Medieval philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
Online adgang:	https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/153359.2
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