Plato on soul and agency / by Karel Thein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thein, Karel, 1961- author.

Series:

Brill's Plato studies series, 2452-2945 ; volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Soul.

Agent (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]

Summary:

"Giving souls strong individuality is one of Plato's most influential but also most controversial innovations. This book addresses such souls' agency, which is a prerequisite of their many functions not only in human life but in the universe at large. Its conclusion is that the agency proper to the soul stands apart from other Platonic causes as the only full-blooded agent whose actions and passions organize our short moral and civic life, all the while participating, thanks to the soul's immortal existence and repeated reincarnation, in the maintenance of the cosmos as a home to innumerable living species. Together with treating this multitude of the soul's tasks, the book pays attention to the unavoidable personification of the soul and to the carefully constructed images that impress on the reader its complexity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Souls in the Phaedo : preconditions of agency

Soul and incorporeality

Transmigration and the world's balance

Imaginging the soul in Republic IX and X : reframing the agency.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Other Format:

Print version: Thein, Karel, 1961- Plato on soul and agency

ISBN:

9789004727069

900472706X

OCLC:

1483639633

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.