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Man, Soul, and Body: Essays in Ancient Thought from Plato to Dionysius

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Comprising 17 articles, this collection focuses on the attempts of pagan thinkers in Greco-Roman antiquity to understand the nature of morality against a background of wide-ranging debate about the relationship between soul and body, and the necessity for a correct psychology and physiology if the good life for man is to be revealed. Three papers look at Plato, whose elaborate mix of ethics, psychology and metaphysics sets the stage for most of the debate; one study is on Aristotle; five examine the stoics and five deal with Plotinus. There is one further article on the general problem of the relationship between ethics, cosmology and biology and the volume concludes with the crisis among both pagans and Christians in late antiquity over whether man is naturally good enough to correct his own moral weakness.

Language: English

Pages: 310

Format: Unknown Binding

Publisher: Variorum

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 0860785475

ISBN 13: 9780860785477

Man, Soul, and Body: Essays in Ancient Thought from Plato to Dionysius

0/5 ( ratings)

Comprising 17 articles, this collection focuses on the attempts of pagan thinkers in Greco-Roman antiquity to understand the nature of morality against a background of wide-ranging debate about the relationship between soul and body, and the necessity for a correct psychology and physiology if the good life for man is to be revealed. Three papers look at Plato, whose elaborate mix of ethics, psychology and metaphysics sets the stage for most of the debate; one study is on Aristotle; five examine the stoics and five deal with Plotinus. There is one further article on the general problem of the relationship between ethics, cosmology and biology and the volume concludes with the crisis among both pagans and Christians in late antiquity over whether man is naturally good enough to correct his own moral weakness.

Language: English

Pages: 310

Format: Unknown Binding

Publisher: Variorum

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 0860785475

ISBN 13: 9780860785477

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