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The analysis is focused on the role of colours in Aristotle's physiology as a real indicatorofdistinctionsanddifferences on which general classifications can be obtained. His enquiry extends from both external and internal parts up to those parts - namely blood and semen - on which vital processes of animals' life depend stick as growing, nutrition and reproduction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the vast panorama of literature on dreams and their interpretation, this work aims to open a small but signijicant glimpse into the presence of the dream in some medical and non-medical works produced in the Arabic language, particularly between the 9th and 15th centuries. In the Islamic· medicine of the Middle Ages (' scientijic ', prophetic and spiritual), as ~ve//as in ancient medicine. researching in a book the relationship between medicine and colour means investigating the chapters in which the signs ('a\amat, dala'i\) of health and illness are mentioned. Aniong these signs, a role of not negligible importance is played by those concerning the relationship between the physical body and the 'soul': 'from the body to the soul' (the colours of dreams), and 'from the soul to the body' (the colours appearing on the body caused by vices, and passions, and emotions). This work is devoted to these themes.and is based primarily on the study of texts: passages taken from different authors, which, translated and commented, are the clearest explanation of a not easy subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The difficulty of translating colour terms is noted. This article explores two common and peculiarly difficult to translate terms. Both are characterized by floating nuances of meanings; in both cases, our analysis demonstrates that the observation and description of colours testifies the high level of attention given by Hippocratic authors to the accuracy of clinical observation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]