Soul and Life: Psyche in Seminal Ancient Greek Thinkers

by Marina Marren

Book Overview

Soul and Life brings together essays on Greek ontology, psychology, politics, and theories of soul in Socratic thought, Plato, Aristotle, and Herodotus. Among the included perspectives, there is the recognition in common that the soul (psyche) is not a mere hypostatization or reification of the object of cognitive studies. Instead, these essays attempt to understand the soul as distinguished by life itself and as setting out ways of being in the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881469254
• ISBN13: 9780881469257
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Mercer University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"