Galen

About Galen

Galen is an almost exclusively masculine given name. The best-known Galen was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in Ancient Rome. Other Galens include:

Overview

Galen is an almost exclusively masculine given name. The best-known Galen was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in Ancient Rome. Other Galens include: People Galen Bodenhausen (born 1961), American social psychologist Galen A. Carter (1832–1893), American politician Galen Cisco (born 1936), American former Major League Baseball pitcher Galen Clark (1814–1910), first European American to discover the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees and conservationist Galen Cole (1925–2020), American philanthropist Galen Cranz, American professor of architecture Galen Dreibelbis (born 1935), American politician Galen Gering (born 1971), American actor Galen Hadley (born 1942), American politician Galen Hall (born 1940), American retired college and professional football coach and player Galen Higdon (born 1954), American politician Galen Hollenbaugh, American politician Galen Laack (1931–1958), American football player Galen Rowell (1940–2002), American wilderness photographer, adventure photojournalist and climber Galen Rupp (born 1986), American long-distance runner Galen Seaman (1837–1932), American lawyer and politician Galen L. Stone (1862–1926), American financier and philanthropist Galen L. Stone (diplomat) (1921–2018), American diplomat, Ambassador to Cyprus, grandson of the above Galen Stone (American football) (born 1988), American former football player Galen Strawson (born 1952), British analytic philosopher and literary critic Galen D. Stucky, American chemist Galen Weston (1940–2021), British-Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist Galen Weston Jr. (born 1972), Canadian billionaire businessman, son of the above Fictional characters Galen "Doc" Adams, in the long-running TV series Gunsmoke Galen DeMarco, a character in the world of Judge Dredd Galen Erso, in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Galen Kord, in the Transformers universe Galen Marek, aka Starkiller, a Dark Jedi in the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed project Galen Tyrol, in the re-imagined TV series Battlestar Galactica Galen, a character in Crusade Galen, Dr. Zaius' assistant in the Planet of the Apes TV series Masculine given names

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Notable quotes

“But it is best of all to look at the human skeleton with your own eyes.”
— Galen, On Anatomical Procedures, Bk. 1, Ch. 2; as translated by Charles Singer in Galen on Anatomical Procedures (1956), p. 2.
“The fact is that those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!”
— Galen, On the Natural Faculties, Bk. 1, sect. 13; cited from Arthur John Brock (trans.) On the Natural Faculties (London: Heinemann, 1963) p. 57.
“Diogenes compared them to fig-trees growing over precipices; for their fruit was devoured by daws and crows, not by men.”
— Galen, on Diogenes's views on the ignorant rich, in Exhortation to Study the Arts, Wakefield (1796), p. 217; cf. Stobaeus, iv. 31b. 48.
“He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.”
— Arabian Society In The Middle Ages, by Edward William Lane, (1883) citing Nowwájee, En-, Shems-ed-deen Moḥammad (died 1454), Ḥalbet El-Kumeyt, at footnote 167.
“Triste est omne animale post coitum, praeter mulierem gallumque”
— Every animal is sad after coitus except the human female and the rooster.
“Quod optimus medicus sit quoque philosophus.”
— The best physician is also a philosopher.

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