"The Metamorphosis of the Notions of Resurrection and Immortality into the Subsistence of the Soul and the Eternity of the Mind": From Medieval Jewish Philosophy to Spinoza
This article first aims to clarify the biblical notion of the soul as a psycho-physical unity, by comparing it with the Platonic dualism of body and soul. It then analyses the distinction between the notion of resurrection of the body and that of the immortality of the soul. Next, it explains how Ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Philosophy & theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 36, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-33 |
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| Summary: | This article first aims to clarify the biblical notion of the soul as a psycho-physical unity, by comparing it with the Platonic dualism of body and soul. It then analyses the distinction between the notion of resurrection of the body and that of the immortality of the soul. Next, it explains how Aristotle, followed by Muslim and Jewish commentators, shifted from the first to the second notion. Finally, it highlights the replacement, initiated by Maimonides and achieved by Spinoza, of the notion of soul by that of mind, as well as the modalities of its eternalization. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-828X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophy & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/philtheol20251027186 |
