hippocratic_corpus.txt
| hippocratic_corpus.txt | |
|---|---|
| Source: | CL_arch |
| Date: | 400 BCE |
| Area: | B5 |
hippocratic_corpus.txt is a text document stored in terminal B05 Extra in B5.
Contents
[On the Sacred Disease][400 BCE] [&$&%
Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. And by this, in an especial manner, we acquire wisdom and knowledge, and see and hear, and know what are foul and what are fair, what are bad and what are good, what are sweet, and what unsavory; some we discriminate by habit, and some we perceive by their utility. By this we distinguish objects of relish and disrelish, according to the seasons; and the same things do not always please us. And by the same organ we become mad and delirious, and fears and terrors assail us, some by night, and some by day, and dreams and untimely wanderings, and cares that are not suitable, and ignorance of present circumstances, desuetude, and unskilfulness.
Notes
- The text derives from the Hippocratic Corpus: A collection of Ancient Greek works on medicine and medical ideas, from the section "On the Sacred Disease".