Adhortatio ad Artes Addiscendas (Exhortation to the Arts)
Kühn 1821
εἴωθε γηρῶντας τοὺς τεχνίτας εἰσὶ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ προτέρου
γένους ἰατρική τε καὶ ῥητορικὴ καὶ μουσικὴ, γεωμετρία τε
καὶ ἀριθμητικὴ, καὶ λογιστικὴ, καὶ ἀστρονομία, καὶ γραμματικὴ,
καὶ νομική. πρόσθες δ’, εἰ βούλει, ταύταις πλαστικήν
τε καὶ γραφικήν· εἰ γὰρ καὶ διὰ τῶν χειρῶν ἐνεργοῦσιν,
ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἰσχύος νεανικῆς δεῖται τὸ ἔργον αὐτῶν. Ἐκ τούτων
οὖν τινὰ τῶν τεχνῶν ἀναλαμβάνειν τε καὶ ἀσκεῖν χρὴ
τὸν νέον, ὅτῳ μὴ παντάπασιν ἡ ψυχὴ βοσκηματώδης ἐστί·
καὶ μᾶλλόν γε τὴν ἀρίστην ἐν ταύταις, ἥτις, ὡς ἡμεῖς φαμὲν,
ἐστὶν ἰατρική· τοῦτο δ’ αὐτὸ δεικτέον ἐφεξῆς.
Work
Title: Adhortatio ad Artes Addiscendas
English: Exhortation to the Arts
Original: Προτρεπτικὸς λόγος ἐπὶ τὰς τέχνας
Domains: Medicine
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Type: Original
Bibliographic information
Publication type: Book
Author/Editor: Kühn, Karl Gottlob
Title: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Published: 1821
Series: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Volume: 1
Pages: 1-39
Publisher: Cnobloch, Leipzig
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