What is it about?
Neurosciences and neurophilosophy in Byzantium were mostly based on Aristotelian, Neoplatonic and skeptical philosophical backgrounds, following also the long tradition of the ancient Greek and Hellenistic authorities in Neurology, Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology and experimental Neurology. The relationship between soul and body was a crucial issue in Byzantine neurosciences, which considered, according to Aristotelian doctrines, that all the activities of the body were motivated by the soul. Aristotle considered that the wisdom would be the achievement of the harmonious homeostatic equilibrium between body and soul, resulting in interior peace and optima mental actualization.
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Why is it important?
It is important that the neurological units and mental institutions in the Byzantine Era irradiated all over the world the spirit of devotion, compassion, charity, mercy, respect, brotherly love and self sacrifice for the suffering human being.
Perspectives
The profound erudition, the gentle competition, the search for new therapeutic horizons and the high moral standards shaped the ideal atmosphere of the medical studies in Constantinople in Byzantine Era, which became a bright paradigm of medical education for the Arabian Medicine and the Western World.
Professor Stavros J Baloyannis or Balogiannis or Balojannis or Baloyiannis or Mpalogiannis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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This page is a summary of: Neurosciences in byzantine era, Journal of Neurology & Stroke, July 2018, MedCrave Group LLC,
DOI: 10.15406/jnsk.2018.08.00310.
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