The Early Greek Concept of the Soul

Released on by Jan Bremmer
preview-18

  • The Early Greek Concept of the Soul Book Detail

  • Author : Jan Bremmer
  • Release Date : 2020-10-06
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Genre : Religion
  • Pages : 171
  • ISBN 13 : 0691219354
  • File Size : 61,61 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

The Early Greek Concept of the Soul by Jan Bremmer PDF Summary

Book Description: Jan Bremmer presents a provocative picture of the historical development of beliefs regarding the soul in ancient Greece. He argues that before Homer the Greeks distinguished between two types of soul, both identified with the individual: the free soul, which possessed no psychological attributes and was active only outside the body, as in dreams, swoons, and the afterlife; and the body soul, which endowed a person with life and consciousness. Gradually this concept of two kinds of souls was replaced by the idea of a single soul. In exploring Greek ideas of human souls as well as those of plants and animals, Bremmer illuminates an important stage in the genesis of the Greek mind.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Early Greek Concept of the Soul books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.