A History of Mind and Body in Late Antiquity
Anna Marmodoro and Sophie Cartwright, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018
Description
The mind-body relation was at the forefront of philosophy and theology in late antiquity, a time of great intellectual innovation. This volume, the first integrated history of this important topic, explores ideas about mind and body during this period, considering both pagan and Christian thought about issues such as resurrection, incarnation and asceticism. A series of chapters presents cutting-edge research from multiple perspectives, including history, philosophy, classics and theology. Several chapters survey wider themes which provide context for detailed studies of the work of individual philosophers including Numenius, Pseudo-Dionysius, Damascius and Augustine. Wide-ranging and accessible, with translations given for all texts in the original language, this book will be essential for students and scholars of late antique thought, the history of religion and theology, and the philosophy of mind. (Text by the editors)
Table of contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction – By Anna Marmodoro, Sophie Cartwright
Chapter 1 – The Late Ancient Philosophical Scene – By Edward Watts
Part I – Mind and Body in Late Antique Pagan Philosophy
Chapter 2 – Theories of Mind in the Hellenistic Period – By Christopher Shields
Chapter 3 – Numenius – By Mark Edwards
Chapter 4 – Plotinus – By Lloyd P. Gerson
Chapter 5 – Porphyry – By Andrew Smith
Chapter 6 – Iamblichus – By John F. Finamore
Chapter 7 – Themistius – By Frans A. J. de Haas
Chapter 8 – Proclus – By Jan Opsomer
Chapter 9 – Damascius – By Sara Ahbel-Rappe
Part II – Mind and Body in Early Christian Thought
Chapter 10 – Soul and Body in Early Christianity – By Sophie Cartwright
Chapter 11 – The Christian Conception of the Body and Paul’s Use of the Term Sōma in 1 Corinthians – By Vito Limone
Chapter 12 – The Ensoulment of the Body in Early Christian Thought – By Benjamin P. Blosser
Chapter 13 – Christian Asceticism – By Kevin Corrigan
Chapter 14 – Origen – By Ilaria Ramelli
Chapter 15 – Basil of Caesarea – By Claudio Moreschini
Chapter 16 – Gregory of Nyssa – By Ilaria Ramelli
Chapter 17 – Gregory of Nazianzus – By Brian Matz
Chapter 18 – Synesius of Cyrene – By Jay Bregman
Chapter 19 – Augustine – By Giovanni Catapano
Chapter 20 – Dionysius the Areopagite – By Wiebke-Marie Stock
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Ancient and Medieval Thinkers
Index of Greek, Hebrew and Latin Terms
Index of Modern Authors
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