PSY 362 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ancient Greek Medicine, Phlegm, Reductionism
17 Feb 2018
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Love: force that attracts and mixes elements. All things in world were originally mixed together. All things are made of tiny, indivisible parts called atoms. Atoms are unalterable and can have different arrangements. Elementism : no matter how complex something was, it could be. Reductionism : explains objects and events on one level in terms explained in terms of atoms of events on another level. Temple medicine : priests practiced medicine in terms of teachings of. Equated health with a balance of such qualities as warm and cold, moist and dry, and bitter and sweet. Physician"s job is to help patient regain equilibrium. Black bile (earth), yellow bile (air), blood (fire) and phlegm (water) Rest, healthy diet, exercise, fresh air, massages and baths. Sophists : truth was relative; no single truth exists. Nihilism : no objective way of determining knowledge or truth. Solipsism : self can be aware of nothing except its own experiences and mental states.
