person
Hippocrates
also: the greatest of physicians
The Greek physician of Cos, the 'greatest of physicians' whose aphorism 'life is short, art long' Seneca quotes.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §1.2 greatest of physicians
Hippocrates of Cos, whose first aphorism — 'life is short, the art long' — Seneca quotes.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §15.95.9 Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos (c.460–c.370 BC), founder of Greek scientific medicine; the 'greatest of physicians' whose dictum about women's diseases Seneca disputes.