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Partitioning the soul : debates from Plato to Leibniz /

"Does the soul have parts? What kind of parts? And how do all the parts make together a whole? Many ancient, medieval and early modern philosophers discussed these questions, thus providing a mereological analysis of the soul. The eleven chapters reconstruct and critically examine radically dif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Corcilius, Klaus (Editor ), Perler, Dominik (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]
Colección:Topoi (Berlin, Germany) ; v. 22.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Does the soul have parts? What kind of parts? And how do all the parts make together a whole? Many ancient, medieval and early modern philosophers discussed these questions, thus providing a mereological analysis of the soul. The eleven chapters reconstruct and critically examine radically different theories. They make clear that the question of how a single soul can have an internal complexity was a crucial issue for many classical thinkers"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (v, 304 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110311884
3110311887
9783110311891
3110311895
3110376989
9783110376982
ISSN:2191-5806 ;