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almahu_9949474274002882
Format:
1 online resource (304 p.)
ISBN:
9783110311884
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Topoi - Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi - Berliner Studien der Alten Welt , 22
Content:
Does the soul have parts? What kind of parts? And how do all the parts make together a whole? Many ancient, medieval and early modern philosophers discussed these questions, thus providing a mereological analysis of the soul. Their starting point was a simple observation: we tend to describe the soul of human beings by referring to different types of activities (perceiving, imagining, thinking, etc.). Each type of activity seems to be produced by a special part of the soul. But how can a simple, undivided soul have parts? Classical thinkers gave radically different answers to this question. While some claimed that there are indeed parts, thus assigning an internal complexity to the soul, others emphasized that there can only be a plurality of functions that should not be conflated with a plurality of parts. The eleven chapters reconstruct and critically examine these answers. They make clear that the metaphysical structure of the soul was a crucial issue for ancient, medieval and early modern philosophers.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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Plato's Divided Soul --
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Parts in Aristotle's Definition of Soul: De Anima Books I and II --
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Walking and Talking: Reflections on Divisions of the Soul in Stoicism --
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Partitioning the Soul: Galen on the Anatomy of the Psychic Functions and Mental Illness --
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Parts of the Soul in Plotinus --
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Iamblichus, Proclus and Philoponus on Parts, Capacities and ousiai of the Soul and the Notion of Life --
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Ockham on Emotions in the Divided Soul --
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Virtual Presence: Psychic Mereology in Francisco Suárez --
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The Faces of Simplicity in Descartes's Soul --
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Spinoza on the Unity of Will and Intellect --
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The Great Chain of Souls: Leibniz on Soul Unitarism and Soul Kinds --
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List of Contributors --
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Index of Names
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Philosophy 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238488
In:
DGBA Philosophy 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636949
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110369618
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EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110369526
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110376982
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110311808
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1515/9783110311884
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110311884
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110311884
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