The early Greek concept of the soul
Bremmer's goal is to present a picture of the historical development of beliefs regarding the soul in ancient Greece. He begins with the archaic age and Homeric epics, where the psyche is a 'free' soul which belongs to an individual and can leave the body -- in dreams, swoons, trances...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press
1993
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| Edición: | Fourth printing, for the Mythos series, 1993 |
| Colección: | Mythos (Princeton University Press)
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| Sumario: | Bremmer's goal is to present a picture of the historical development of beliefs regarding the soul in ancient Greece. He begins with the archaic age and Homeric epics, where the psyche is a 'free' soul which belongs to an individual and can leave the body -- in dreams, swoons, trances -- while the body is alive...One of Bremmer's major contributions is to propose that Greek views of the soul should be characterized as multiple rather than dualistic. Further, we should consider the rather negative attitude toward the continued existence of the psyche after bodily death as arising in social conditions which valued the life of the community above the survival of the dead individual -- |
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| Notas: | "Published for the Center for Hellenic Studies" -- Portada |
| Descripción Física: | XII, 154 páginas ; 23 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 137-140) e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780691101903 9780691031316 |
