A Hippocratic text arguing that air/breath (pneuma) is the fundamental principle of life and the cause of disease — one of the more philosophical texts in the Hippocratic corpus.
Argues that breath (pneuma) is the vital principle permeating all living things; disease results from abnormal pneuma. Connects Hippocratic medicine to pre-Socratic natural philosophy.
No conceptual lineage found.
No recorded contemporaries.
No recorded minds influenced.
No conceptual posterity found.
Discussing
Ask anything about On Breaths — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.
Sign in to start a conversation.