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Plato’s Rivalry with Medicine: A Struggle and its Dissolution
New York: Oup Usa (2014)
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Susan B. Levin argues that Plato's engagement with medicine is richer than previously recognized and that he views it as an important rival for authority on nature and flourishing. Levin shows further that Plato's work, particularly the Laws, holds significant promise for bioethics that has so far been nearly untappedAuthor's Profile
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