Encyclopedia of Classical PhilosophyDonald J. Zeyl, Daniel Devereux, Phillip Mitsis The only encyclopedia in English specific to the field of Classical Philosophy, this work presents 270 articles on major and minor figures and on topics of importance to the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity. The articles present not only succinct historical accounts of their subject matter, but they introduce readers to issues of interpretation and debate in the contemporary scholarly study of the philosophy of the Classical period. Scholars, students, and interested lay persons will find this volume useful in gaining a comprehensive view of the field. The contributors, representing three continents, are themselves leading scholars of international stature. |
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... body is that of activity or actual- ity to what has the potential for the exercise of that activity . What is po- tentially living is a body having organs , and so the soul is a first actuality of an organic body . Since living things ...
... bodies . Thus he attributes to the mind the ability to remember , un- derstand , will , think , know , and judge , as well as — to strike an uncarte- sian note — the ability to live ( Trin . 10.10,14 ) . And he defines " body " as ...
... body . According to the Neoplatonist philosopher * Plotinus ( 204–270 C.E. ) , the soul is superior to and largely independent of the body . Embracing Plato's myths about the prior existence and afterlife of the soul , Plotinus posits ...
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