Porphyry: To Gaurus on How Embryos are Ensouled and On What is in Our Power - Couverture souple

Porphyry, .

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472557875 ISBN 13 : 9781472557872

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014

Synopsis

Concerning embryos, Porphyry takes an original view on issues that had been left undecided by his teacher Plotinus and earlier by the doctor Galen. What role is played in the development of the embryo by the souls or the natures of the father, of the mother, of the embryo, or of the whole world? Porphyry's detailed answer, in contrast to Aristotle's, gives a significant role to the soul and to the nature of the mother, without, however, abandoning Aristotle's view that the mother supplies no seed. In the fragments of On What is in Our Power, "Porphyry" discusses Plato's idea that we choose each of our incarnations, and so are responsible for what happens in our lives.

This volume contains an English translation of the two commentaries, as well as extensive notes, an introduction and a bibliography.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

James Wilberding is Lecturer in Ancient Thought, School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University.

James Wilberding is Professor of Philosophy at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. He has published widely on ancient philosophy, including two volumes in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series: Philoponus Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 12-18 (Bloomsbury Academic, 2006) and Porphyry to Gaurus on How Embryos are Ensouled and On What is in Our Power (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472557875
• ISBN 13: 9781472557872
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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