Dr. Roland Wittwer

BBAW, Corpus Medicorum Graecorum / Latinorum

Roland Wittwer is head of research of the Corpus Medicorum Graecorum at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of sciences. His research interests cover all aspects of ancient medicine, ancient philosophy and textual criticism with a focus at present on Galen and Hellenistic philosophy. Within the context of Topoi he is the spokesman of the research group “Mapping Body and Soul” (D-III-E-II-2). He is currently working on a new edition of Galen’s Quod animi mores corporis temperamenta sequantur, one of the key texts for the Galenic theory of localisation of psychic faculties within the body.

 

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Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Corpus Medicorum Graecorum / Latinorum

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Jägerstraße 22/23
10117 Berlin
Deutschland

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+49 30 20370-396

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+49 30 20370-376
 
 

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Galen's De motibus dubiis
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"Mapping Body and Soul"
part of the Workshop New Year's Workshop of Area D