Man, Soul, and Body

Essays in Ancient Thought from Plato to Dionysius

(Collected Studies Series, CS549) Contents: Prefact; Plato says we have tripartite souls. If he is right, what can we do about it?; The theory and practice of Plato's Cratylus; Parmenides and Plato's Parmenides; Aristotle: the value of man and the origin of morality; On Greek biology, Greek cosmolo...

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Author:John M. Rist
Published: Variorum, Aldershot, 1996
Pages:320
Notes:17 études
Format:Essay
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Sources/General studies
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:(Collected Studies Series, CS549) Contents: Prefact; Plato says we have tripartite souls. If he is right, what can we do about it?; The theory and practice of Plato's Cratylus; Parmenides and Plato's Parmenides; Aristotle: the value of man and the origin of morality; On Greek biology, Greek cosmology and some sources of theological pneuma; Zeno and Stoic consistency; Stoic detachment; are you a Stoic: the case of Marcus Aurelius; Epictetus: ex-slave; Seneca and Stoic orthodoxy; Plotinus on matter and evil; The indefinite Dyad and intelligible matter in Plotinus; Plotinus and the daimonion of Socrates; Back to the mysticism of Plotinus: some more specifics; Is Plotinus' body too etherialized?; Pseudo-Ammonius and the soul/body problem in late antiquity; Pseudo-Dionysius, Neoplatonism and the problem of spiritual weakness; Index.

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