PLATO ON DIVINATION IN THE TIMAEUS

We find in the Timaeus an intriguing passage about the relation between the liver and mans during slumber. Plato offers no clear answer about the relation, but hints at the connection between the mortal soul, the immortal soul, and the cosmic soul. There seems certainly to be hew a dialogue between Philosophy and Hippocratic medicine, and this issue we intend to address despite not reaching any decisive conclusion. Our aim is to stimulate debate on a subject that still requires further discussion. Plato sees in the association liver-nons signs needing to be deciphered, whereas Hippocrates insists on the aspect of emperia in his investigation, although he makes use of signs as well.