neither known to nor attained by the great ancient philosophers, which will improve human life and health /
First Statement of Responsibility
Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera ; translated and edited by Mary Ellen Waithe, Maria Colomer Vintró, and C. Angel Zorita
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Urbana :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Illinois Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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340 p. ;
Dimensions
25 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally published: Castilian, 1587. Work written by Miguel Sabuco originally published with his daughter's name on title page. Scholars disagree on attribution of work but majority of research at the Biblioteca Nacional de España confirms authorship
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-334) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Knowledge of one's self -- Composition of the world as it is -- Things that will improve this world and its nations -- Treatments and remedies of proper medicine -- Proper medicine derived from human nature -- Brief exposition on human nature : foundations of the art of -- Medicine -- Proper philosophy of the nature of composite things, of humans