168. Notes - modern theory of Soul on the horizon

168. 20 July 2019

       Afternoon. You and Carol met Kim, Owen and Brennan at the Dairy Queen near Lewis Center Road and US 23. This morning you met the three at Scramblers in the same area which is connected with Kroger Marketplace. Presently, Carol is buying groceries and you are waiting in the car. It would be better, orndorff, if you turned on the car and the air conditioning. - Amorella

       1642 hours. It is a little warm but I have the east windows down and cracks down on the others and sunroof. Carol just called and will be out in a few minutes so I put the air back on. It really wasn't too bad though.

       You were getting a headache. - Amorella

       1648 hours. Okay. I don't like to waste fuel. I set it at 78 degrees. We finished the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Ancient Theories of Soul). 

       Drop in the Conclusion to end this discussion. - Amorella

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6. Conclusion

Ancient philosophy did not, of course, end with classical Stoicism, or indeed with the Hellenistic period, and neither did ancient theorizing about the soul. The revival of interest in the works of both Plato and Aristotle beginning in the second half of the second century B.C. prominently included renewed interest in Platonic and Aristotelian conceptions of the soul, sparking novel theoretical developments, such as, for instance, Plotinus' argument (directed in particular against the Stoics) that the soul could not be spatially extended, since no spatially extended item could account for the unity of the subject of sense-perception. Christian writers such as Clement of Alexandria and Gregory of Nyssa were heavily indebted to philosophical theories of soul, especially Platonic ones, but also introduced new concerns and interests of their own. Nevertheless, these and other post-classical developments in every case need to be interpreted within the framework and context furnished by the classical theories that we have been considering in some detail.

Selected and edited From Ancient Theories of Soul

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       Now, let's find literature that shows examples of modern Theories of Soul. - Amorella

       1659 hours. I'll research this tonight but I don't think there will be much out there. Modern metaphysics of Soul doesn't show a bright trail going across the night sky of mind. 

       You have found enough information for us to choose from. Post. - Amorella

       1828 hours. This will be interesting.