Ancient models of mind: studies in human and divine rationality

How does God think? How, ideally, does a human mind function? Must a gap remain between these two paradigms of rationality? Such questions exercised the greatest ancient philosophers, including those featured in this book: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Plotinus. This volume encompasses...

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Contributors: Nightingale, Andrea Wilson (Editor) ; Sedley, D. N. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Greece (Antiquity) / God / Human being / Spirit / Rationality / Philosophy
B Long, Anthony A. 1937-
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Philosophy of mind History
B Philosophy, Ancient
B Philosophy of mind ; History
B Thought and thinking Religious aspects Christianity
B Psychology and philosophy
B Reason
B Bibliography
B Conference program
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Print version: 9780521113557
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Summary:How does God think? How, ideally, does a human mind function? Must a gap remain between these two paradigms of rationality? Such questions exercised the greatest ancient philosophers, including those featured in this book: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Plotinus. This volume encompasses a series of studies by leading scholars, revisiting key moments of ancient philosophy and highlighting the theme of human and divine rationality in both moral and cognitive psychology. It is a tribute to Professor A. A. Long, and reflects multiple themes of his own work
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ISBN:0511760388
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511760389