Philinos of Kos

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Philinos of Kos was an ancient Greek doctor. He lived in the 3rd century BC. Chr.

Philinos was a student of Herophilos of Chalcedon and the founder of the empirical medical school, where he partly broke with the teachings of Herophilos. For the doctors of the empirical school, one of the principles that applied was that they had to have precise knowledge of the drugs and their effects. Philinos was therefore also a fan of pharmacology . Serapion of Alexandria is considered to be his successor in the empirical school .

literature

  • Véronique Boudon-Millot : Philinos de Cos . In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques , Vol. 5, Part 1, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-271-07335-8 , pp. 303-307
  • Karl-Heinz Leven: Philinos v. Kos . In: Karl-Heinz Leven (Ed.): Ancient medicine. A lexicon . Beck, Munich 2005, pp. 694f.
personal data
SURNAME Philinos of Kos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient greek doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.