COMPREHENSION OF NATURE IN GREEK MEDICINE AND HIPPOCRATES: METEOROLOGICAL MEDICINE

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COMPREHENSION OF NATURE IN GREEK MEDICINE AND HIPPOCRATES: METEOROLOGICAL MEDICINE

Yazarlar:

Esra Yalazı

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Latince ve Klasik Yunan Edebiyatı

Dergi:

Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.63 Issue 1, pp.606-639

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

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2001291124

pISSN:

2459-0150

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 Hippocrates reinterpreted the concept of nature physis, which he received from natural philosophers and especially from Heraclitus, as a philosopher beyond his medical goals and his identity as a physician. This effort led to the adoption of nature-body analogies as an epistemological method in natural philosophy. However, it was Galen, also a physician and natural philosopher himself, who transferred Hippocrates to the next generations. It is seen that Galen put Hippocrates forward against the Stoic and Middle Platonists in the line of Plato and Aristotle, who were in turn influenced by Hippocrates. Although these two physicians efforts to discover human nature by keeping it superior to the nature of the universe show them in a separate effort from the mainstream philosophy, it is seen that this effort triggers a separate conceptual development. This concept, which can be defined as meteorological medicine, has led the development of sciences of medicine, meteorology and astronomy into a mutual process within the framework of the analogy established between nature and the human body. However, it should not be denied that there is a moral justification behind this analogy. On the other hand, the observation-based practice of Ibn Sina, who directed this ancient heritage from its ethical context to natural philosophy, has been found relevant until the 17th century. Instrumental meteorological measurements in the 17th century enabled the nature-human analogy to evolve into the climate-health correlation. In this way, meteorological medicine reached its final framework in the 18th century. The aim of the study is to present a perspective from the past to todays people with the epistemological and ethical framework offered by meteorological medicine.

 Hippocrates reinterpreted the concept of nature physis, which he received from natural philosophers and especially from Heraclitus, as a philosopher beyond his medical goals and his identity as a physician. This effort led to the adoption of nature-body analogies as an epistemological method in natural philosophy. However, it was Galen, also a physician and natural philosopher himself, who transferred Hippocrates to the next generations. It is seen that Galen put Hippocrates forward against the Stoic and Middle Platonists in the line of Plato and Aristotle, who were in turn influenced by Hippocrates. Although these two physicians efforts to discover human nature by keeping it superior to the nature of the universe show them in a separate effort from the mainstream philosophy, it is seen that this effort triggers a separate conceptual development. This concept, which can be defined as meteorological medicine, has led the development of sciences of medicine, meteorology and astronomy into a mutual process within the framework of the analogy established between nature and the human body. However, it should not be denied that there is a moral justification behind this analogy. On the other hand, the observation-based practice of Ibn Sina, who directed this ancient heritage from its ethical context to natural philosophy, has been found relevant until the 17th century. Instrumental meteorological measurements in the 17th century enabled the nature-human analogy to evolve into the climate-health correlation. In this way, meteorological medicine reached its final framework in the 18th century. The aim of the study is to present a perspective from the past to todays people with the epistemological and ethical framework offered by meteorological medicine.

 Hippocrates reinterpreted the concept of nature physis, which he received from natural philosophers and especially from Heraclitus, as a philosopher beyond his medical goals and his identity as a physician. This effort led to the adoption of nature-body analogies as an epistemological method in natural philosophy. However, it was Galen, also a physician and natural philosopher himself, who transferred Hippocrates to the next generations. It is seen that Galen put Hippocrates forward against the Stoic and Middle Platonists in the line of Plato and Aristotle, who were in turn influenced by Hippocrates. Although these two physicians efforts to discover human nature by keeping it superior to the nature of the universe show them in a separate effort from the mainstream philosophy, it is seen that this effort triggers a separate conceptual development. This concept, which can be defined as meteorological medicine, has led the development of sciences of medicine, meteorology and astronomy into a mutual process within the framework of the analogy established between nature and the human body. However, it should not be denied that there is a moral justification behind this analogy. On the other hand, the observation-based practice of Ibn Sina, who directed this ancient heritage from its ethical context to natural philosophy, has been found relevant until the 17th century. Instrumental meteorological measurements in the 17th century enabled the nature-human analogy to evolve into the climate-health correlation. In this way, meteorological medicine reached its final framework in the 18th century. The aim of the study is to present a perspective from the past to todays people with the epistemological and ethical framework offered by meteorological medicine.

 Hippokrates doğa filozofları ve özellikle Herakleitostan aldığı doğa physis kavramını tıbbi hedeflerinin ve hekim kimliğinin ötesinde bir filozof gibi yeniden yorumlamıştır. Bu çabası doğa felsefesinde doğa-beden analojilerinin epistemolojik bir yöntem olarak benimsenmesine yol açmıştır. Ancak Hippokratesi sonraki kuşaklara kendisi de bir hekim ve doğa filozofu olan Galenos aktarmıştır. Galenosun, Hippokratesten etkilenen Platon ve Aristotelesin çizgisindeki Stoacı ve Orta Platonculara karşı Hippokratesi öne çıkardığı görülmektedir. Bu iki hekimin, insan doğasını evrenin doğasından üstün tutarak keşfetmeye çalışmaları onları ana akım felsefeden ayrı bir çaba içerisinde göstermekle birlikte bu çabanın ayrı bir kavramsal gelişimi tetiklediği de görülmektedir. Meteorolojik tıp olarak tanımlanabilecek bu kavram doğa ve insan bedeni arasında kurulan analoji çerçevesinde tıp ile meteoroloji ve astronomi bilimlerinin gelişimini karşılıklı bir sürece yöneltmiştir. Ancak bu analojinin arka planında bir ahlaki gerekçenin bulunduğu da yadsınmamalıdır. Buna karşılık bu antik mirası etik bağlamından doğa felsefesine doğru yönlendiren İbni Sinanın gözleme dayalı pratiği 17. yy.a kadar karşılık bulmuştur. 17. yy.da aletsel meteorolojik ölçümler, doğa-insan analojisinin iklim-sağlık korelasyonuna evrilmesini sağlamıştır. Bu sayede meteorolojik tıp 18. yy.da eriştiği nihai çerçeveye kavuşmuştur. Çalışmanın amacı meteorolojik tıbbın sunduğu epistemolojik ve etik çerçeve ile günümüz insanına geçmişten gelen bir bakış açısı sunmaktır.

Makale detayları

COMPREHENSION OF NATURE IN GREEK MEDICINE AND HIPPOCRATES: METEOROLOGICAL MEDICINE

Yazarlar:

Esra Yalazı

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Latince ve Klasik Yunan Edebiyatı

Dergi:

Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.63 Issue 1, pp.606-639

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001291124

pISSN:

2459-0150

Natural philosophy

Greek medicine

Hippocrates

Physis

Meteorological medicineDoğa Felsefesi

Yunan Tıbbı

Hippokrates

Physis

Meteorolojik Tıp

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Esra Yalazı

Yayıncı: Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar: Latince ve Klasik Yunan Edebiyatı

Dergi: Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.63 Issue 1, pp.606-639

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001291124

pISSN: 2459-0150

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Esra Yalazı

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Latince ve Klasik Yunan Edebiyatı

Dergi:

Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.63 Issue 1, pp.606-639

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001291124

pISSN:

2459-0150