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Chapter 5 - Soul, Life, and Nutrition in the Timaeus

from I - Early Greek Philosophy and Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2020

By
Thomas K. Johansen
Edited by
Hynek Bartoš  and
Colin Guthrie King
Hynek Bartoš
Affiliation:
Charles University, Prague
Colin Guthrie King
Affiliation:
Providence College, Rhode Island
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Johansen examines the role of internal heat in the theories of nutrition and animal generation in Plato’s Timaeus. There, Plato does not ascribe the status of being besouled to all beings which engage in nutrition, but to beings with perceptive faculties. This raises questions as to the status of nutrition in the explanation of life and besouled beings.

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SoullifenutritionPlatoTimaeuselementsfiredigestionreproduction
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Heat, Pneuma, and Soul in Ancient Philosophy and Science , pp. 121 - 139
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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