Soul and Mind in Greek Thought. Psychological Issues in Plato and Aristotle

Soul and Mind in Greek Thought. Psychological Issues in Plato and Aristotle

This book offers new insights into the workings of the human soul and the philosophical conception of the mind in Ancient Greece. It collects essays that deal with different but interconnected aspects of that unified picture of our mental life shared by all Ancient philosophers who thought of the so...

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Other Authors: Boeri, Marcelo D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kanayama, Yasuhira Y. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mittelmann, Jorge (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind, 20
Subjects:
Philosophy of mind.
Psychology.
Philology.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophy.
Philosophy of Mind.
History of Psychology.
Classical Studies.
Classical Philosophy.
History of Philosophy.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. General Introduction (Marcelo D. Boeri)
  • Part I. Plato
  • Chapter 2. The Beauty and the Beast: Tragedy and Dialog in Plato's Philosophy (Barbara Botter)
  • Chapter 3. Socrates on Punishment and the Law: Apology 25c5-26b2 (Thomas Brickhouse)
  • Chapter 4. Why didn't Socrates Escape? (Mariko Kanayama)
  • Chapter 5. Plato's Wax Tablet (Yasuhira Y. Kanayama)
  • Chapter 6. Politics of the Soul in Plato's Republic (Iván De los Ríos)
  • Part II. Plato, Aristotle, and Commentators on Aristotle
  • Chapter 7. Platonic Souls in the Cave: Can they be just Rational? (Ivana Costa)
  • Chapter 8. Plato and Aristotle on what is Common to Body and Soul. Some Remarks on a Complicated Issue (Marcelo D. Boeri)
  • Chapter 9. The Causal Structure of Emotions in Aristotle: Hylomorphism, Causal Interaction Between Mind and Body, and Intentionality (Gabriela Rossi)
  • Chapter 10. Dissimilarity Between Moral Excellence and Art: An Interpretation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics II 4 (Javier Echeñique)
  • Chapter 11. To Be Handled with Care: Alexander on Nature as a Passive Power (Jorge Mittelmann)
  • Chapter 12. The Notion of Human Soul in Themistius (Manuel Correia).

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