Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 176 p)
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472552099
Series Statement:
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Uniform Title:
Ad Gaurum
Content:
"Concerning embryos, Porphyry takes an original view on issues that had been left undecided by his teacher Plotinus and earlier by the doctor Galen. What role is played in the development of the embryo by the souls or the natures of the father, of the mother, of the embryo, or of the whole world? Porphyry's detailed answer, in contrast to Aristotle's, gives a big role to the soul and to the nature of the mother, without, however, abandoning Aristotle's view that the mother supplies no seed. In the fragments of "On What is in Our Power", "Porphyry" discusses Plato's idea that we choose each of our incarnations, and so are responsible for what happens in our lives."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-176)
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Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780715638583
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472501677
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472500830
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472552099
