In Chapter 2, “The Greek World”, I learned that in ancient Greece, they believed in the balance of philosophy. Their two traditions of “philosophia,” were Pre-Socratic which focusses on the natural world and Sophist which focusses on the human mind (power point 2). Hippocrates was known as the father of medicine and he focused on natural philosophy. According to the power point, he would have patients undergo physical and spiritual cleansing. Hippocrates was also famous for his healing, teaching, he founded a school of medicine, his empirical method of observation, and classification of diseases (power point 2). In the article, “The Hippocratic Ideal,” also discussed some of the philosophies Hippocrates believed in and how influenced medicine
