Preface -- Curriculum vitae / J.H. Waszink -- Introduction -- Text of the original edition Quinti septimi florentis Tertulliani De Anima, edited with introduction and commentary -- Errata to the original edition.
"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, …
"Do women have souls? Christianity has traditionally held the soul to be the seat of reason, intelligence, humanity, immortality, and moral agency. But the Book of Genesis never says that God breathed a soul into Eve. Women's souls thus became significant in Reformation satires …
Immortality in ancient philosophy
"Immortality was central to ancient philosophical reflections on the soul, happiness, value, and divinity. Conceptions of immortality flowed into philosophical ethics and theology, and modern reconstructions of ancient thought in these areas sometimes turn on the interpretation …
"Old English verse and prose depict the human mind as a corporeal entity located in the chest cavity, susceptible to spatial and thermal changes corresponding to the psychological states: it was thought that emotions such as rage, grief, and yearning could cause the contents of …
Perceptions of ecclesia: church and soul in medieval dedication sermons
by Horie, Ruth
fromSermo
Perceptions of ecclesia: church and soul in medieval dedication sermons
by Horie, Ruth
fromSermo
