A History of Mind and Body in Late Antiquity

Interdisciplinary survey of the mind-body relation, providing detailed studies of themes and figures and considering both pagan and Christian thought.

About the author

Anna Marmodoro is an Official Fellow of Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford. Her recent publications include Aristotle on Perceiving Objects (2014) and Everything in Everything: Anaxagoras's Metaphysics (2017).Sophie Cartwright is the author of The Theological Anthropology of Eustathius of Antioch (2015). She teaches theology and philosophy, most recently at Oxford Brookes University, and has been conducting postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford.

Summary

The first integrated history of this important topic, this book explores ideas about mind and body during this period, considering both pagan and Christian thought about issues such as resurrection, incarnation and asceticism. Figures such as Numenius, Pseudo-Dionysius, Damascius and Augustine are discussed from historical, theological and philosophical perspectives.

Product details

• Assisted by: Marmodoro Anna (Editor), Cartwright Sophie (Editor), Sophie Cartwright (Editor), Anna Marmodoro (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.03.2020
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day
• EAN: 9781316632475
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63247-5
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Dimensions (packing): 15.3 x 23 x 2.3 cm
• Weight (packing): 700 g
• Subjects: Philosophy of Mind; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical; Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500