His Thoughts on...

Religion

Galen believed that the body was the physical vehicle for the indwelling soul. He said the vital energy pnuema inhabited the body.

Education

Ethics

A formal education was incredibly important to Galen. A physician should study philosophy as well as natural sciences

He said that physicians ought to care more about the healing than getting paid for it. He displayed contempt for contemporary practitioners that he saw as charlatans.

Employment

He, like most of the wealthy citizens of Rome, owned slaves. He also employed a team of up to 20 scribes to write down his daily discoveries.