In each of Plato's major cosmological works, the Timaeus , the Statesman myth and the Philebus , he asserts that the body of the whole universe is alive and possesses a single WorldSoul which extends throughout it. I wish to offer a new interpretation of the role of the World-Soul which gives the World-Soul a special function in the economy of the Platonic cosmology and which explains why Plato...

in his discourses concerning perception of universals, mullā ṣadrā has brought up various issues. on one hand, he says that in sensory and imaginative perceptions, the soul (nafs) is the originator and creator of images and then with its substantial and ontogenetic motion it achieves its higher level of perception, i.e. rational perception, unites with the rational non-material substance named ...

We know that for Hegel the notion of spirit takes so many shapes that their unity is difficult to find. For instance, what does the soul in the subjective spirit, the property in the objective spirit and the cult of the Greek gods in the absolute spirit have in common? Furthermore, when we consider property, for example, the problem is knowing if the spirit is here constituted by the owner, by ...

since welfare, as a philosophical issue, has considered as an indication of man’s highest intellectual status and dignity, it always attracted the philosopher’s attention and they continuously asked weather: -did all philosophers agree about the same meaning of welfare? -did they agree about its determination and dimensions? -can welfare from the philosophical meaning contain religious or ethic...

Book 1 of Plato’s Laws, and particularly the image puppet introduced near its end, has been traditionally interpreted as presenting moral psychology model that underlies educational system delineated by Athenian Stranger, which construes virtue consonance between non–rational rational elements soul. But a different competing conception looms large in Laws 1, victory best part soul psychic confl...

Abstract Marsilio Ficino’s view on ensoulment, which can be extrapolated from his critique of natal astrology, relies the relations metaphysical proportion between different levels life and being are central to Platonic philosophy. Drawing primarily Plotinus, Ficino describes emergence in embryo as a process World Soul is true agent. For him, ‘human nature’ that present developing attracts into...

Metaphoric representations of liver function can be found throughout the ages (1). In the ancient world, the liver was considered the repository of life and the seat of inner emotions (1, 2). Speculative descriptions of the liver can be found in old documents such as the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus (ca. 1550 BC) and the Greek literature. Plato (427–347 BC) wrote about a ‘desiring soul’ and a ‘ration...

it is said that the theory of active intellect is among the most ambiguous and controversial topics of aristotle’s philosophy. this ambiguity is generally regarded as being resulted from the brevity and vagueness of aristotle’s speech in his on the soul. however; is the ambiguity of aristotle’s speech to such an extent that the active intellect attributed to him can be regarded as separate from...

In his Commentaries, Proclus (Neoplatonic philosopher, 5th century A.D.) describes the ways in which a teacher can awaken desire for knowledge and philosophy given soul, help this soul to make cognitive moral progress. He considers such an intervention be case of providence, analogous both action divine Pronoia care one's personal daemon. As being thus educated is still unaware merits rational ...