The philosophical physician: a talk with Florian Steger, M.D.

Stuur je verzoek voor een thema of vraag! My guest for this episode is Dr. Florian Steger M.D., author of the acclaimed book Asklepios: Medezin und Kult (2016), recently released in Dutch as Asclepius: Geneeskunde en Cultus (Amsterdam University Press, 2024). I. Love. This. Book. Florian offers a knowledgeable overview of the historical school of Asclepius, a community of men and women who offer medicine for the body as well as for the soul. Rather than dismissing them as quacks or superstiti...