The Afterlife of the Platonic Soul: Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions (Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts - Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition, #9)

Plato's doctrine of the soul, its immaterial nature, its parts or faculties, and its fate after death (and before birth) came to have an enormous influence on the great religious traditions that sprang up in late antiquity, beginning with Judaism (in the person of Philo of Alexandria), and continuing with Christianity, from St. Paul on through the Alexandrian and Cappadocian Fathers to Byzantium, and finally with Islamic thinkers from Al-kindi on. This volume, while not aspiring to completeness, attempts to provide insights into how members of each of these traditions adapted Platonist doctrines to their own particular needs, with varying degrees of creativity. Introduction Early period Philo of Alexandria and platonist psychology / John Dillon St. Paul on soul, spirit, and the inner man / George H. van Kooten Christian tradition Faith and reason in late antiquity : the perishability axiom and its impact on Christian views about the origin and nature of the soul / Dirk Krausmuller The nature of the soul according to Eriugena / Catherine Kavanagh Islamic tradition Aristotle's categories and the soul : an annotated translation of Al-Kindi's that there are separate substances / Peter Adamson and Peter E. Pormann Private caves and public islands : Islam, Plato, and the Ikhwan Al-S / Richard Netton Tradition and innovation in the psychology of Al-Razi / Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth Judaic tradition The soul in Jewish neoplatonism : a case study of Abraham ibn Ezra and Judah Halevi / Aaron W. Hughes Maimonides, the soul, and the classical tradition / Oliver Leaman Later medieval period St. Thomas Aquinas's concept of the human soul and the influence of platonism / Patrick Quinn Intellect as intrinsic formal cause in the soul according to Aquinas and Averroes / Richard C. Taylor.

Plato's doctrine of the soul, its immaterial nature, its parts or faculties, and its face after death (and before birth) came to have an enormous influence on the great religious traditions that sprang up in late antiquity, beginning with Judaism (in the person of Philo of Alexandria), and continuing with Christianity, from St. Paul on through the Alexandrian and Cappadocian Fathers to Byzantium, and finally with Islamic thinkers from al-Kindī on. This Volume, while not aspiring to completeness, attempts to provide insights into how members of each of these traditions adapted Platonist doctrines to their own particular needs, with varying degrees of creativity.

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