To Gaurus on how embryos are ensouled : and, On what is in our power / Porphyry ; translated by James Wilberding

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964789503321
• Autore: Porphyry <approximately 234-approximately 305, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Bristol Classical Press, 2011
• ISBN: 9781472552099; 1472552091; 9781472501677; 1472501675
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Collana: Ancient commentators on Aristotle
• Altri autori (Persone): Porphyry <approximately 234-approximately 305.>
• Disciplina: 128.1; 186.4
• Soggetti: Birth (Philosophy); Embryos
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Paperback edition first published 2014"--T. p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176)
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Conventions -- Abbreviations -- To Gaurus On How Embryos are Ensouled -- Textual Emendations and Conjectures -- Introduction -- Translation -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Anonymous Christianus, Hermippus or On Astrology 2.17 -- Appendix 2: Michael Psellus, from On How the Soul of the Body Enters and from When Embryos are Ensouled -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index -- Subject Index -- On What is in Our Power -- Textual Emendations and Conjectures -- Introduction -- Porphyry's Commentary on Plato's Republic (181-187F Smith) -- Translation -- Notes
• Sommario/riassunto: "Concerning embryos, Porphyry takes an original view on issues that had been left undecided by his teacher Plotinus and earlier by the doctor Galen. What role is played in the development of the embryo by the souls or the natures of the father, of the mother, of the embryo, or of the whole world? Porphyry's detailed answer, in contrast to Aristotle's, gives a big role to the soul and to the nature of the mother, without, however, abandoning Aristotle's view that the mother supplies no seed. In the fragments of "On What is in Our Power", "Porphyry" ; discusses Plato's idea that we choose each of our incarnations, and so are responsible for what happens in our lives."--Bloomsbury Publishing; Concerning embryos, Porphyry takes an original view on issues that had been left undecided by his teacher Plotinus and earlier by the doctor Galen. What role is played in the development of the embryo by the souls or the natures of the father, of the mother, of the embryo, or of the whole world? Porphyry's detailed answer, in contrast to Aristotle's, gives a significant role to the soul and to the nature of the mother, without, however, abandoning Aristotle's view that the mother supplies no seed. In the fragments of On What is in Our Power, "Porphyry" discusses Plato's idea that we choose each of our incarnations, and so are responsible for what happens in our lives. This volume contains an English translation of the two commentaries, as well as extensive notes, an introduction and a bibliography.