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Aristotle's Pre-Islamic Theory

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The theory of how common illnesses were sent from the gods as a form of punishment along with how healing as a gift used to be a common theory in the Ancient Greek times. Little by little this theory changed over time with the help of Greek philosophers Empedocles, Aristotle, and Hippocates. The hurmoral theory developed in Ancient Greese around 470-400 B.C, by a Greek Physician Hippocates. This theory developed as time passed and our understanding of how the world worked. It also had a significant influence on modern day medicine. By this theory developing throughout the ages it can easily be described as the bench mark of human anatomy and the medical profession that we now know today. The influence and development in Greek and Islamic Medicine and the culture was amazing.

The Greek Philosopher Empedocles is a part of the Pre-Socratic (philosophers before Socrates). He is best recognized for describing the four building blocks that construct the universe. His way of explaining elements were depending on the mixture and the combination of fire, air, earth, and water (page 128) all matter was made from these four building blocks. Aristotle developed the 4 building block theory by comparing the four elements with -hot, moist, cold, …show more content…

He was one of the first philosophers to claim illnesses were not caused by evil spirits, and magic (page 128) or the punishment from the gods as previously thought. He believed that as long as these, where in balance the person was healthy in body and mind. Thus he became the Father of Western Medicine. His teachings added to the four building blacks by stating that the four humors in the body where, Earth which was the black bile in our bodies, air made up the blood, fire made up the phlegm, and water made up the yellow bile. If the wrong balance of the four Humors where present it caused illnesses on the body and

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