Aileen R. Das, Galen and the Arabic Reception of Plato’s Timaeus

The title of Aileen Das’ first monograph, Galen and the Arabic Reception Plato’s Timaeus, may mislead readers into thinking that she is solely interested in contributing to growing literature on reception studies this important Platonic dialogue. As valuable as contributions are, actual fact Das weaves through Greek, Arabic, Hebrew texts manuscripts investigate relationship between medicine philosophy Late Antique Roman Islamic societies before 1200. Reviewed by: Nahyan Fancy, Published Online (2022-07-31)Copyright © 2022 by FancyArticle PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/aestimatio/article/view/39102/29788 Corresponding Author: Fancy,DePauw UniversityE-Mail: [email protected]