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Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 CONTENTS 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 12 1 The Embryological Background 24 General Background: Four Key Issues in Ancient Embryology 25 Embryology in Plato 26 2 The Metaphysical Background 44 Metaphysical Models in Embryology 44 The Biological Development of the Theory of Forms 55 3 Neoplatonic Embryology: The Core Theory 69 The One-seed Theory 69 The Origin and Nature of the Seed 71 The Maternal Actualization Thesis 74 Other External Factors in the Formation of the Offspring 95 Appendix to Chapter 3: Eclectic Theories 111 The Commentary on the Hippocratic On the Nature of the Child by John of Alexandria 111 Theophilus Protospatharius’ On the Construction of the Human Being 114 Pseudo-Galen’s De Spermate 115 Pseudo-Iamblichus’ Theology of Arithmetic 118 Pseudo-Galen’s Whether What is Carried in the Womb is a Living Thing 119 The Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Generation of Animals by Michael of Ephesus 122 Michael’s Interpretation of Aristotle’s Embryology 123 Michael’s Interpretation of Plato’s Embryology 125 4 The Formation and Animation of the Embryo 140 The Order of the Embryo’s Formation 140 The Animation of the Embryo 144 5 The

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Author

James Wilberding

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2017

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction