Plato, Souls, and Motions

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dc.contributor.advisorMorrison, Donald R.en_US
dc.creatorPrince, Brian D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-16T18:48:35Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-08-16T18:48:35Zen_US
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.descriptionThis paper was submitted by the author prior to final official version. For official version please see http://hdl.handle.net/1911/70396en_US
dc.description.abstractPlato’s late works contain an unexpectedly consistent treatment of the physics and metaphysics of souls. In the course of showing this, I argue that: (1) the middle period dialogues Phaedo and Republic assume, but do not mention, a Form of Soul; (2) the Timaeus contains a physical theory according to which all changes of every kind are forms of spatial motion; (3) Plato’s view of souls as self-movers is identifiable in more of his late dialogues than is usually recognized (namely, in the Statesman as well as in the Phaedrus, Timaeus, and Laws); (4) in the definition of souls as self-movers, “motion” should be read as “spatial motion” rather than “change” in general, and (5) neither the Phaedrus nor the Timaeus contains the claim that human souls are immortal, while both dialogues contain a concept of “soul-stuff,” a material from which individual souls are manufactured.en_US
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationPrince, Brian D.. "Plato, Souls, and Motions." (2011) Rice University: <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/62286">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/62286</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/62286en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice Universityen_US
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dc.subjectPlatoen_US
dc.subjectSoulen_US
dc.subjectMotionen_US
dc.subjectKinesisen_US
dc.subjectTimeen_US
dc.subjectMetaphysicsen_US
dc.subjectFormsen_US
dc.titlePlato, Souls, and Motionsen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhilosophyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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