%0 Journal Article
%T Ancient Philosophy and Medieval Medicine. Reflections on the Margins of Flebotomia i purgowanie, czyli o leczeniu w wiekach średnich [Phlebotomy and purging, or about medical treatment in the Middle Ages]
%A Borkowska, Katarzyna
%J Modern medicine
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/12311960MN.21.018.15246
%N Volume 27 (2021) Issue 2
%P 213-221
%K medieval medicine, ancient philosop
%@ 1231-1960
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/medycyna-nowozytna/article/filozofia-starozytna-a-medycyna-sredniowieczna-refleksje-na-marginesie-ksiazki-beaty-wojciechowskiej-flebotomia-i-purgowanie-czyli-o-leczeniu-w-wiekach-srednich
%X 
	The article discusses ancient philosophical sources for humourism. It focuses on the philosophical context described in the fi rst chapter of Beata Wojciechowska’s book Flebotomia i purgowanie, czyli o leczeniu w wiekach średnich [Phlebotomy and purging, or about medical treatment in the Middle Ages]. The author briefl y points out the differences between the Epicurean, Stoic, Peripatetic and Academic positions on the nature of the soul, its relation to the body and the universe.