in spite of the fact that paradox as an unknown literary device has largely been ignored, it has been a source of amazement and, consequently, aesthetic joy due to deviation from norm, ambiguity, the saliency of meaning, and laconism. one of the subtle points receiving little attention in arabic literature, especially in nahjol balaghah, is the study of paradoxical elements. the most significan...

This careful edition with its lively and accurate translation of Galen's On prognosis will be welcomed by all students of the history of medicine and of ancient history as well as by philologists generally. Heretofore there has been no complete English translation of this rich source for Galen's life. The text is more than usually troublesome, a fact which Nutton begins to account for with his ...