Body and Soul in Hellenistic Philosophy

Herausgeber: Inwood, Brad; Warren, James

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The relationship of soul to body was one of the earliest and most persistent questions in ancient thought. The essays cover connected issues from the period immediately after Aristotle to the second century CE. Doctors from Herophilus to Galen are covered, as are the Peripatetic, Epicurean, Stoic and Platonist traditions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 148mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781108725255
• ISBN-10: 1108725252
• Artikelnr.: 61446103

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Brad Inwood and James Warren
1. Hellenistic medicine, Strato of Lampsacus, and Aristotle's theory of soul Sylvia Berryman
2. Herophilus and Erasistratus on the h¿gemonikon David Leith
3. Galen on soul, mixture and Pneuma Philip van der Eijk
4. The partition of the soul: Epicurus, Demetrius Lacon, and Diogenes of Oinoanda Francesco Verde
5. Cosmic and individual soul in early Stoicism Francesco Ademollo
6. Soul, Pneuma and blood: the Stoic conception of the soul Christelle Veillard
7. The Platonic soul, from the Early Academy to the first century CE Jan Opsomer
8. Cicero on the soul's sensation of itself: Tusculans 1.49-76 J. P. F. Wynne
Bibliography
Indices.