1. Herodotus, Histories, 1.4.9, 2.77, 3.106 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hippocrates (ps.), airs, waters, places, and environmental determinism •hippocrates (ps.), airs, waters, places, on asia and europe Found in books: Isaac (2004) 60, 62, 67 | 2.77. Among the Egyptians themselves, those who live in the cultivated country are the most assiduous of all men at preserving the memory of the past, and none whom I have questioned are so skilled in history. ,They practice the following way of life. For three consecutive days in every month they purge themselves, pursuing health by means of emetics and drenches; for they think that it is from the food they eat that all sicknesses come to men. ,Even without this, the Egyptians are the healthiest of all men, next to the Libyans; the explanation of which, in my opinion, is that the climate in all seasons is the same: for change is the great cause of men's falling sick, more especially changes of seasons. ,They eat bread, making loaves which they call “cyllestis,” of coarse grain. For wine, they use a drink made from barley, for they have no vines in their country. They eat fish either raw and sun-dried, or preserved with brine. ,Quails and ducks and small birds are salted and eaten raw; all other kinds of birds, as well as fish (except those that the Egyptians consider sacred) are eaten roasted or boiled. 3.106. The most outlying nations of the world have somehow drawn the finest things as their lot, exactly as Greece has drawn the possession of far the best seasons. ,As I have lately said, India lies at the world's most distant eastern limit; and in India all living creatures four-footed and flying are much bigger than those of other lands, except the horses, which are smaller than the Median horses called Nesaean; moreover, the gold there, whether dug from the earth or brought down by rivers or got as I have described, is very abundant. ,There, too, wool more beautiful and excellent than the wool of sheep grows on wild trees; these trees supply the Indians with clothing. |
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| 2. Hippocrates, On Airs, Waters, And Places, 12.2, 19.1, 23.1-23.4 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Isaac (2004) 62, 63, 65, 67, 75 |
3. Plato, Republic, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hippocrates (ps.), airs, waters, places, and environmental determinism Found in books: Isaac (2004) 69| 435c. εἴδη ἐν τῇ αὑτοῦ ψυχῇ ἔχοντα, διὰ τὰ αὐτὰ πάθη ἐκείνοις τῶν αὐτῶν ὀνομάτων ὀρθῶς ἀξιοῦσθαι τῇ πόλει. | 435c. in his soul, and by reason of identical affections of these with those in the city to receive properly the same appellations. Inevitable, he said. Goodness gracious, said I, here is another trifling inquiry into which we have plunged, the question whether the soul really contains these three forms in itself or not. It does not seem to me at all trifling, he said, for perhaps, Socrates, the saying is true that ’fine things are difficult.’ Apparently, said I; |
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| 4. Aristotle, Politics, None (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •hippocrates (ps.), airs, waters, places, and environmental determinism •hippocrates (ps.), airs, waters, places, on asia and europe Found in books: Isaac (2004) 64 |
