Forms, Souls, and Embryos
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Ancient biology
ancient embryology
Ancient medicine
Ancient Natural Science
animation of fetus
Appetitive Soul
Aristotle's Biology
Aristotle’s Biology
Author_James Wilberding
Category=QDHA
Core Theory
Creation Of The World
De Spermate
Embryological Theories
embryological theory
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Female Seed
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history of embryology
history of medicine
Human reproduction
John Of Alexandria
Late Antiquity
Living Things
Male Seed
Metaphysical Model
metaphysics of life
Neoplatonic Authors
Neoplatonic Embryology
Neoplatonic Metaphysics
Neoplatonism
Non-rational Powers
Non-rational Soul
Normal Biological Generation
Offspring's Sex
Offspring’s Sex
On the Construction of the Human Being
On the Nature of the Child
philosophical theories of human development
Platonic philosophy
Pneumatic Body
Pseudo-Galen
Rational Soul
Self-moving Soul
Seminal Theory
soul-body interaction
Teratogenesis
Vegetative Power
Vegetative Soul
Whether What is Carried in the Womb is a Living Thing
Product details
- ISBN 9781138955271
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jul 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Forms, Souls, and Embryos allows readers coming from different backgrounds to appreciate the depth and originality with which the Neoplatonists engaged with and responded to a number of philosophical questions central to human reproduction, including: What is the causal explanation of the embryo’s formation? How and to what extent are Platonic Forms involved? In what sense is a fetus ‘alive,’ and when does it become a human being? Where does the embryo’s soul come from, and how is it connected to its body? This is the first full-length study in English of this fascinating subject, and is a must-read for anyone interested in Neoplatonism or the history of medicine and embryology.
James Wilberding is Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Ruhr University, Bochum (Germany). Previously he was a lecturer in Classics at Newcastle University (UK) and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Williams College (USA).
