The Soul Of The Greeks
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The Soul Of The Greeks
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Author : Michael Davis
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2011-04-15
The Soul Of The Greeks written by Michael Davis and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-15 with History categories.
The understanding of the soul in the West has been profoundly shaped by Christianity, and its influence can be seen in certain assumptions often made about the soul: that, for example, if it does exist, it is separable from the body, free, immortal, and potentially pure. The ancient Greeks, however, conceived of the soul quite differently. In this ambitious new work, Michael Davis analyzes works by Homer, Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, and Aristotle to reveal how the ancient Greeks portrayed and understood what he calls “the fully human soul.” Beginning with Homer’s Iliad, Davis lays out the tension within the soul of Achilles between immortality and life. He then turns to Aristotle’s De Anima and Nicomachean Ethics to explore the consequences of the problem of Achilles across the whole range of the soul’s activity. Moving to Herodotus and Euripides, Davis considers the former’s portrayal of the two extremes of culture—one rooted in stability and tradition, the other in freedom and motion—and explores how they mark the limits of character. Davis then shows how Helen and Iphigeneia among the Taurians serve to provide dramatic examples of Herodotus’s extreme cultures and their consequences for the soul. The book returns to philosophy in the final part, plumbing several Platonic dialogues—the Republic, Cleitophon, Hipparchus, Phaedrus, Euthyphro, and Symposium—to understand the soul’s imperfection in relation to law, justice, tyranny, eros, the gods, and philosophy itself. Davis concludes with Plato’s presentation of the soul of Socrates as self-aware and nontragic, even if it is necessarily alienated and divided against itself. The Soul of the Greeks thus begins with the imperfect soul as it is manifested in Achilles’ heroic, but tragic, longing and concludes with its nontragic and fuller philosophic expression in the soul of Socrates. But, far from being a historical survey, it is instead a brilliant meditation on what lies at the heart of being human.
The Early Greek Concept Of The Soul
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Author : Jan N. Bremmer
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1983
The Early Greek Concept Of The Soul written by Jan N. Bremmer and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
"Published for the Center for Hellenic Studies."
Psyche
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Author : Erwin Rohde
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-10
Psyche written by Erwin Rohde and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-10 with Philosophy categories.
First published in 2000. This is Volume VI of seven in the Library of Philosophy series on Philosophy of Religion and General Philosophy. Written around 1925, This book entitled Psyche, offers an account of the opinions held by the Greeks about the life of the human soul after death, and is thus intended as a contribution to the history of Greek religion.
The Rise And Fall Of The Afterlife
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Author : Jan N. Bremmer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
The Rise And Fall Of The Afterlife written by Jan N. Bremmer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Philosophy categories.
Belief in the afterlife is still very much alive in Western civilisation, even though the truth of its existence is no longer universally accepted. Surprisingly, however, heaven, hell and the immortal soul were all ideas which arrived relatively late in the ancient world. Originally Greece and Israel - the cultures that gave us Christianity - had only the vaguest ideas of an afterlife. So where did these concepts come from and why did they develop? In this fascinating, learned, but highly readable book, Jan N. Bremmer - one of the foremost authorities on ancient religion - takes a fresh look at the major developments in the Western imagination of the afterlife, from the ancient Greeks to the modern near-death experience.
Aristotle On Earlier Greek Psychology
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Author : Jason W. Carter
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-21
Aristotle On Earlier Greek Psychology written by Jason W. Carter and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with Philosophy categories.
Argues that Aristotle's psychology is shaped by his critical reception of earlier theories of soul, including the Presocratic and Platonic.
The Wisdom Of The Ancient Greeks
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Author : Steven Stavropoulos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Wisdom Of The Ancient Greeks written by Steven Stavropoulos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Philosophy, Ancient categories.
On The Soul
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Author : Aristotle
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
On The Soul written by Aristotle and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with PSYCHOLOGY categories.
Aristotle's 'De Anima' (On the Soul) is one of the great classics of philosophy. Aristotle examines the nature of the soul-sense-perception, imagination, cognition, emotion, and desire, including, memory, dreams, and processes such as nutrition, growth, and death.
Modern Greek Philosophers On The Human Soul
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Author : Constantine Cavarnos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Modern Greek Philosophers On The Human Soul written by Constantine Cavarnos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Philosophy, Greek (Modern) categories.
Greek Models Of Mind And Self
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Author : A. A. Long
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-05
Greek Models Of Mind And Self written by A. A. Long and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-05 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A. A. Long’s study of Greek notions of mind and human selfhood is anchored in questions of universal interest. What happens to us when we die? How is the mind or soul related to the body? Are we responsible for our own happiness? Can we achieve autonomy? Long shows that Greek thinkers’ modeling of the mind gave us metaphors that we still live by.
Psyche
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Author : Erwin Rohde
language : en
Publisher: Ares Pub
Release Date : 1987
Psyche written by Erwin Rohde and has been published by Ares Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Cults categories.