The Soul/Body Problem in Plato and Aristotle

Diego Zucca; Roberto Medda

doi:10.5771/9783896657510

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This book concerns the soul/body problem in Plato and Aristotle. Established as well as early career scholars actually working on Plato and Aristotle explore - under different points of view as well as through original readings and interpretations - the manifold dimensions involved in the conception of the soul/body relation articulated by the two greatest founders of Western Thought. The book starts with an exploration of the relation between cause and matter in Plato and Aristotle, then some papers on Plato’s theory of soul and body are presented, which involve new advancements in the research about Platonic epistemology, moral and political theory, metaphysics of mind, even about his religious and ‘theological’ view. Some papers on Aristotle’s model follow, which are focused on his so-called “hylomorphism” as an alternative view to Plato’s alleged “dualism”: the ontology of the soul/body relation in Aristotle is explored, as well as the implications of this theoretical framework for his theory of knowledge, his moral theory, his cognitive psychology. Finally, two papers critically assess the philosophical connections between Aristotle’s hylomorphism and its modern and contemporary Wirkungsgeschichte.

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Publication year: 2018
Publication date: 03.01.2019
ISBN-Print: 978-3-89665-750-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-89665-751-0
Publisher: Academia, Baden-Baden
Series: Lecturae Platonis
Volume: 11
Language: English
Pages: 200
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XXII
Maddalena Bonelli
1. I. 1 “Because” as Cause: Plato No access Maddalena Bonelli
2. I.2 “Because” as Cause: Aristotle No access Maddalena Bonelli
3. I.3 “Because” as Cause: Sextus Empiricus No access Maddalena Bonelli
4. II.1 The Stoics and the Material Cause No access Maddalena Bonelli
5. II. 2 Matter as Condicio sine qua non: Plato No access Maddalena Bonelli
6. II.3 Matter as Cause or Condicio sine qua non? Aristotle No access Maddalena Bonelli
7. Conclusions No access Maddalena Bonelli
8. References No access Maddalena Bonelli
Maurizio Migliori
1. I. Preliminary Remarks No access Maurizio Migliori
2. II. Some Introductory Examples of the Multifocal Approach No access Maurizio Migliori
3. III. The Soul-Body Relation on the Gnoseological Level No access Maurizio Migliori
4. IV. Man’s Attainment of the Truth No access Maurizio Migliori
5. V. The True Human Being No access Maurizio Migliori
6. VI. The Soul's Complexity No access Maurizio Migliori
7. VII. The Immortality of the Soul No access Maurizio Migliori
8. VIII. The Multifocal Approach No access Maurizio Migliori
9. References No access Maurizio Migliori
Christopher Rowe
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5. V. No access Christopher Rowe
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12. References No access Christopher Rowe
Aldo Brancacci
1. References No access Aldo Brancacci
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Giuseppe Feola
1. I. The Problem No access Giuseppe Feola
2. II. A Peculiar “Void” in Critical Literature No access Giuseppe Feola
3. III. Looking at 403a25 in the Frame of the Whole De anima No access Giuseppe Feola
4. IV. Meaning of “énulos” No access Giuseppe Feola
5. V. Meaning of “páthos” No access Giuseppe Feola
6. VI. Meaning of “lógos” No access Giuseppe Feola
7. VII. Meaning of “lógos énulos” No access Giuseppe Feola
8. VIII. Heraclitean Heritages. Heraclitus on Water and Dis-course No access Giuseppe Feola
9. IX. The Interpenetration of Matter and Form No access Giuseppe Feola
10. X. Conclusions No access Giuseppe Feola
11. References No access Giuseppe Feola
Roberto Medda
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3. III. No access Roberto Medda
4. References No access Roberto Medda
Diego Zucca
1. Diego Zucca
  1. I.1 What III 5 Says No access Diego Zucca
  2. I.2 Aristotle’s View of Human Intellect in de An. before III 5 No access Diego Zucca
2. Diego Zucca
  1. II.1 The Divine Interpretation (DI) No access Diego Zucca
  2. II.2 The Human Interpretation (HI) No access Diego Zucca
  3. II.3 The “Social” Interpretation (SI) No access Diego Zucca
  4. II.4 Beyond DI, HI and SI: The Content Interpretation (CI) No access Diego Zucca
  5. References No access Diego Zucca
Giulia Mingucci
1. I. Introduction No access Giulia Mingucci
2. II. The Debate on the Mind-Body Problem No access Giulia Mingucci
3. III. Aristotle’s Psychological Hylomorphism under the Cartesian Lens No access Giulia Mingucci
4. IV. Conclusive Remarks No access Giulia Mingucci
5. References No access Giulia Mingucci
William Jaworski
1. References No access William Jaworski
Bio of the Editors No access Pages 193 - 194
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