ison ▁of ▁La od ice a , ▁As cle pi ades ’ ▁most ▁distinguished ▁student , ▁is ▁often ▁cred ited ▁with ▁found ing ▁the ▁Method ic ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁century ▁BC . ▁However , ▁some ▁histor ians ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁Method ic ▁school ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁As cle pi ades ▁himself ▁in ▁ 5 0 ▁BC . ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁Method ism ▁does ▁not ▁truly ▁arise ▁until ▁the ▁first ▁century ▁AD . ▁In ▁any ▁case , ▁it ▁is ▁widely ▁accepted ▁that ▁Method ism ▁arose ▁as ▁a ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁Emp ir ic ▁and ▁R ational ist ▁( or ▁Dog m atic ) ▁schools , ▁bearing ▁some ▁similar ities ▁to ▁both ▁schools ▁but ▁fund ament ally ▁different . ▁ ▁Do ctr ines ▁ ▁The ▁Method ic ▁school ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁dise ases ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁individual ▁patient . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Method ists , ▁medicine ▁is ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁“ know ledge ▁of ▁manifest ▁general ities ” ▁( gn ō s is ▁ph ain omen ō n ▁ko in ot ē n ō n ). ▁In ▁other ▁words , ▁medicine ▁was ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁general , ▁rec urr ing ▁features ▁that ▁manifest ▁in ▁a ▁tang ible ▁way . ▁While ▁Method ist ▁views ▁on ▁medicine ▁are ▁slightly ▁more ▁complex ▁than ▁this , ▁the ▁above ▁general ization ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁apply ▁to ▁not ▁only ▁medicine , ▁but ▁to ▁any ▁art . ▁Method ists ▁conce ive ▁of ▁medicine ▁as ▁a ▁true