04119nam 22006731c 450 991046518200332120200115203623.01-4725-5209-11-4725-0167-510.5040/9781472552099(CKB)2560000000139252(EBL)1659714(SSID)ssj0001220820(PQKBManifestationID)11713897(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001220820(PQKBWorkID)11221376(PQKB)11659161(MiAaPQ)EBC1659714(Au-PeEL)EBL1659714(CaPaEBR)ebr10856281(CaONFJC)MIL603651(OCoLC)878148094(OCoLC)878078522(UtOrBLW)bpp09255065(EXLCZ)99256000000013925220140929d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTo Gaurus on how embryos are ensouled and, On what is in our power Porphyry ; translated by James WilberdingLondon Bristol Classical Press 2011.1 online resource (191 p.)Ancient commentators on Aristotle"Paperback edition first published 2014"--T. p. verso.1-4725-5787-5 0-7156-3858-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176)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"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 PublishingConcerning 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.Ancient commentators on Aristotle.Birth (Philosophy)Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500EmbryosBirth (Philosophy)Embryos.128.1Porphyryapproximately 234-approximately 305,Porphyryapproximately 234-approximately 305.183422Wilberding JamesUtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910465182003321To Gaurus on how embryos are ensouled1971201UNINA