Afterlife of the Platonic Soul : Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Mo...

Description: Afterlife of the Platonic Soul : Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions, Hardcover by Elkaisy-friemuth, Maha (EDT); Dillon, John M. (EDT), ISBN 9004176233, ISBN-13 9789004176232, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Scholars of philosophy, religion, and classics explore the treatment of the human soul by selected medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers after Philo of Alexandria incorporated Greek philosophy into his interpretation of the Bible and so fused the two schools of thought for a thousand years. The topics include the perishability axiom and its impact on Christian views about the origin and nature of the soul, an annotated translation of al-Kindi's That There are Separate Substances, the Jewish neoplatonism of Abraham ibn Ezra and Judah Halevi, and intellect as intrinsic formal cause in the soul according to Aquinas and Averroes. The 11 essays are from a series of seminars over the past few years at Trinity College, Dublin, and here presented in a fine and durable volume. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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Book Title: Afterlife of the Platonic Soul : Reflections of Platonic Psycholo

Number of Pages: Xii, 236 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Afterlife of the Platonic Soul : Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions

Publisher: Brill

Publication Year: 2009

Subject: Theology, Civilization, Ancient / General, Comparative Religion, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 19.8 Oz

Item Length: 9.3 in

Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy, History

Author: John Dillon

Item Width: 6.1 in

Series: Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition Ser.

Format: Hardcover