To Gaurus on how embryos are ensouled and, On what is in our power / Porphyry ; translated by James Wilberding.
| Author/creator | Porphyry |
| Other author | Wilberding, James. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Bristol Classical Press, |
| Description | xiv, 176 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Ad Gaurum. English |
| Series | Ancient commentators on Aristotle Ancient commentators on Aristotle. ^A243423 |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 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 -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index -- Subject Index. |
| Abstract | 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 nature of the father, of the mother, of the embryo, or of the whole world? Pophyry'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.--From publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Other title | On what is in our power. |
| ISBN | 9780715638583 |
| ISBN | 0715638580 |
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