Novo Elsa García
Stud Anc Med. 2005;31:287-94.
In the Platonic Phaedrus, Socrates leads his friend to truth and knowledge. This path has, in my opinion, three steps. To perceive through the senses (aisthanesthai), to remember past experiences (anamimnêskesthai) and to know (noein, i.e. to perceive the truth through the mind, 'pilot of the soul'). In the Hippocratic Corpus we can find a parallel way to discover truth. The physician keenly perceives through the senses. He remembers past experiences (other patients). From many cases, he gets to know the course and the nature of disease. He reaches the truth as far as it is possible to mortal men.
在柏拉图的《斐德罗篇》中,苏格拉底引领他的朋友走向真理和知识。在我看来,这条道路有三个步骤。通过感官去感知(aisthanesthai),回忆过去的经历(anamimnêskesthai),以及认知(noein,即通过心灵,“灵魂的舵手”去感知真理)。在《希波克拉底文集》中,我们可以找到一条发现真理的类似途径。医生通过感官敏锐地感知。他回忆过去的经历(其他患者的情况)。从众多病例中,他了解疾病的进程和本质。就凡人所能达到的程度而言,他获得了真理。