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Medical imagery in Maximus of Tyre’s Orations
Imagery is an overarching feature of Maximus of Tyre’s Orations which has never been the subject of systematic investigation. This paper provides a starting point by focusing exclusively on medical imagery, one of the most pervasive and instrumental types of imagery in Maximus’ work that has gone en...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10482572/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37668378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2023.23 |
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description | Imagery is an overarching feature of Maximus of Tyre’s Orations which has never been the subject of systematic investigation. This paper provides a starting point by focusing exclusively on medical imagery, one of the most pervasive and instrumental types of imagery in Maximus’ work that has gone entirely unnoticed in the literature to date. This paper shows that Maximus uses medicine (especially its scientific basis and historical development), the physician (e.g. his skill, provision and sensitivity towards the patient), the body (its physiology and workings) and notions of health and disease with considerable diversity and creativity, in ways that make his examples stand out in relation to earlier (Platonic) or contemporary applications of the medical parallel. It argues that the use of the medical imagery in the pedagogical context in which Maximus’ Orations were performed facilitated not just clarity but also concept formation and the shaping of a moral outlook as well as the familiarisation with the proper literary references and verbal and conceptual topoi for admission into the group of the educated elite. Another main thesis is that medical imagery valorises Maximus’ philosophical status and his claims to Imperial-period acculturation, thus functioning as a trademark for the rhetorical philosophy he wished to promote. |
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spelling | pubmed-104825722023-09-08 Medical imagery in Maximus of Tyre’s Orations Xenophontos, Sophia Med Hist Article Imagery is an overarching feature of Maximus of Tyre’s Orations which has never been the subject of systematic investigation. This paper provides a starting point by focusing exclusively on medical imagery, one of the most pervasive and instrumental types of imagery in Maximus’ work that has gone entirely unnoticed in the literature to date. This paper shows that Maximus uses medicine (especially its scientific basis and historical development), the physician (e.g. his skill, provision and sensitivity towards the patient), the body (its physiology and workings) and notions of health and disease with considerable diversity and creativity, in ways that make his examples stand out in relation to earlier (Platonic) or contemporary applications of the medical parallel. It argues that the use of the medical imagery in the pedagogical context in which Maximus’ Orations were performed facilitated not just clarity but also concept formation and the shaping of a moral outlook as well as the familiarisation with the proper literary references and verbal and conceptual topoi for admission into the group of the educated elite. Another main thesis is that medical imagery valorises Maximus’ philosophical status and his claims to Imperial-period acculturation, thus functioning as a trademark for the rhetorical philosophy he wished to promote. Cambridge University Press 2023-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10482572/ /pubmed/37668378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2023.23 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. |
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title | Medical imagery in Maximus of Tyre’s Orations
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title_full | Medical imagery in Maximus of Tyre’s Orations
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title_fullStr | Medical imagery in Maximus of Tyre’s Orations
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title_full_unstemmed | Medical imagery in Maximus of Tyre’s Orations
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title_short | Medical imagery in Maximus of Tyre’s Orations
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title_sort | medical imagery in maximus of tyre’s orations |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10482572/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37668378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2023.23 |
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