Saphes lógos: la relación del médico con su auditorio.

Abstract

El presente articulo tiene la finalidad de intentar relacionar el principio de la claridad (to saphes) del discurso expuesto por Aristoteles en el libro III de la Retorica, con la concepcion que la medicina hipocratica tenia sobre el medico como orador, como comunicador de conocimiento, no solo con sus pacientes, sino con auditorios mas grandes y diversos. Palabras Claves Retorica, medicina, virtudes elocutivas, Corpus Hippocraticum. Abstract Saphes logos: The Relantionship of the Physician with his Audience This paper is an attempt to establish a relation between the notion of the clarity (to saphes) of speech exposed by Aristotle in the book III of the Rhetoric, with the notion held by the hippocratic medicine about the doctor as orator, as communicator of knowledge, not only with his patients, but with a larger and diverse audience. Key Words Rhetoric, Medicine, perspicuity style, Corpus Hippocraticum.