Toward a unified platonic human psychology /
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| Author / Creator: | Reynolds, John Mark, 1963- |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2004. |
| Description: | xii, 173 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5547383 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Plato's Psychology and the Timaeus
- Toward a Unified Platonic Psychology
- Tejera and Strauss on Plato
- The Timaeus as Myth
- The Strong-Myth Commentators
- The Weak-Myth Platonists
- A.E. Taylor
- Reading the Timaeus
- Chapter 2. The Psychology of the Timaeus
- The Opening Platonic Moves
- Reason in the Soul: Historical and Philosophic Considerations
- Implications of the Cosmic Soul for Human Psychology
- The Cosmic Soul and Simplicity
- The Cosmic Soul: Simplicity and Mixture
- The Problem of Motion in the Simple Soul
- Cosmic Soul: Some Final Reflections
- Time and the Soul
- The Creation of a Unified Human Soul
- The Soul and Body Relationship
- Introduction to the Problem
- Necessity and the Relationship of Body and Soul
- Relationships within the Parts of the Human: Motion in the Soul/Body Composite
- The Body and Soul: A New Element
- The Mortal Soul: Creation and Function
- The Location and Function of the Mortal Soul
- Divination in the Mortal Soul
- Problems for the Platonic Soul
- Overview
- The Problem of Individuation
- Status of the Account of the Creation of the Body
- The Soul at the Moment of Death
- Plato's Views on "Science" Relation to His Psychology
- Animals and the Human
- Psychological Dualism
- Introduction to the Issues
- Plato and Substance Dualism
- The World of Becoming: the Nature of Soul and Matter
- Motion, Soul, and Matter
- Humanity and Dualism
- Death and Memory
- Conclusion: Plato's View of the Human Soul
- Chapter 3. The Soul Immortal and Political: The Psychology of Timaeus Applied to the Phaedo and the Republic
- Immortality: the Psychology of the Phaedo
- Phaedo and the Issue of Consistency
- Light from the Timaeus on the Psychology of the Phaedo
- The Soul of the City: The Psychology of the Republic
- The Republic's and the Timaeus' Psychology: Do They Compliment Each Other?
- The Human Soul in the City Revealed in the Cosmology of the Timaeus
- Concluding Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index
