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Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind by Julia E. Annas is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind 3 Contents 5 Preface 6 Introduction 9 a) The School of Plato 18 b) The School of Aristotle 19 c) The Stoics 20 d) The Epicureans 21 PART ONE THE BACKGROUND 23 1 The Medical and Scientific Background 24 a) Aristotle 24 b) Hellenistic Medical Theory 27 c) Aristotle's Legacy 33 PART TWO THE STOICS 41 2 The Soul and the Mind 42 a) Physicalism 42 b) Soul in the World 48 c) The Soul-Body Relation 52 (d) The Scale of Beings 55 e) Soul and Self 61 f) Parts and Faculties of the Soul 66 3 Perceiving and Thinking 76 a) Perceiving 76 b) Thinking 91 4 Action 93 5 The Emotions 107 a) Emotions as Irrational Movements in the Soul 110 b) Emotions as Beliefs 112 c) Emotions as Involving a "Fresh" Belief 114 d) The Taxonomy of the Emotions 116 e) Good Feelings 117 f) The Unity of the Soul 119 PART THREE THE EPICUREANS 125 6 Atomism and Agents 126 a) Physicalism and Reductivism 126 b) Soul in the World 137 c) The Nature and Structure of the Soul 140 d) Parts of the Soul 147 e) The Soul-Body Relation 150 f) Survival 154 7 Perception and Thought 160 8 Action and Freedom of Action 177 9 Emotions and Feelings 191 Conclusion 202 Bibliography 213 Ancient Sources 213 Aristotle

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Julia E. Annas
Publisher
University of California Press
Published
1992
Language
EN
Category
nonfiction

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