Paul S. Macdonald

History of the Concept of Mind (eBook, PDF)

Volume 2: The Heterodox and Occult Tradition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the "roads less travelled," MacDonald continues his monumental investigation of the history of ideas. This volume takes the reader from the earliest records about human nature in Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Near East and the Zoroastrian religion, through the secret teachings in the Hermetic and Gnostic scriptures and into the transformation of ideas about the mind, soul and spirit in the late antique and early medieval epochs

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 478
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351930628
• Artikelnr.: 57274038

Autorenporträt

Paul S. MacDonald is Lecturer in Philosophy at Murdoch University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Heterodox Tradition in Western Philosophy Chapter 1 Ideas About Human Nature in the Ancient Near East Chapter 2 The Ancient and Medieval Horizon of the Shamanic Soul Chapter 3 Secret Teachings about the Soul in the Post-Classical World Chapter 4 Byzantine Doctrines of Mind, Soul and Spirit Chapter 5 Christian Mystical Ideas About the Soul's Ascent Chapter 6 Magical Ideas about the Soul from Isidore to Goethe, Chapter 7 Plurality of Dualisms and Duality of Life

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1: Ancient Hebrew and Homeric Greek Life-Force
2: Plato, Aristotle and Hellenistic Thought
3: From the New Testament to St. Augustine
4: Medieval Islamic and Christian Ideas
5: Renaissance Platonism, Hermeticism and Other Heterodoxies
6: Mind and Soul in English from Chaucer to Shakespeare
7: The Triumph of Rationalist Concepts of Mind and Intellect
8: The Empiricists' Advocacy of Matter Designed for Thought

Rezensionen

'...this volume is a must....There simply is nothing like it on the international publishing menu...the author has found a very appealing style of presentation, keeping the reader fascinated without sacrificing soundness of scholarship.' Horst Ruthrof, Murdoch University Perth Western Australia 'The first volume of this magisterial work concerned the history of the concept of mind within the recognised Western philosophical tradition. Here Paul Macdonald tackles the heterodox and occult tradition with the same thoroughness of scholarship and staggering erudition as was apparent in his earlier book. ... Macdonald's book can serve as an encyclopaedic point of reference to a relatively neglected aspect of the history of ideas sitting alongside his earlier work. Together these books represent a massive intellectual achievement that deserve a wide readership in the academic community while at the same time being accessible to the informed general reader.' Scientific and Medical Network Review