Partitioning the Soul: Debates from Plato to Leibniz

Does the soul have parts? What kind of parts? And how do all the parts make together a whole? Many ancient, medieval and early modern philosophers discussed these questions, thus providing a mereological analysis of the soul. The eleven chapters reconstruct and critically examine radically different...

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Main Author: Corcilius, Klaus (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2014
Series:Topoi – Berlin Studies of the Ancient World/Topoi – Berliner Studien der Alten Welt v.22
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Online Access:KUBA1
Summary:Does the soul have parts? What kind of parts? And how do all the parts make together a whole? Many ancient, medieval and early modern philosophers discussed these questions, thus providing a mereological analysis of the soul. The eleven chapters reconstruct and critically examine radically different theories. They make clear that the question of how a single soul can have an internal complexity was a crucial issue for many classical thinkers
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages)
ISBN:9783110311884
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