An early treatise in which Galen examines the Hippocratic theory of the elements. He analyses what Hippocrates meant by the primary constituents of the body and reconciles this with Aristotelian natural philosophy.
Start ReadingGalen analyses what Hippocrates meant by the primary elements of the body, reconciling the Hippocratic account with Aristotelian physics.
Galen defends the four-element theory against rival accounts, arguing that Hippocrates correctly identified the fundamental constituents of the body.