Description
This book is a new edition of a short but fascinating text of Galen on causal theory; it also contains the first translation of it into any modern language, and the first philosophical commentary thereon. The commentary ranges widely in Galen's ^Doeuvre, and compares his views with those of other ancient theorists. The introduction deals in detail with Galen's life and work, with the background both philosophical and medieval to his causal theory, and with the history of the text itself.
