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Author MacDonald, Paul S., 1951-

Title History of the concept of mind : speculations about soul, mind and spirit from Homer to Hume / Paul S. MacDonald
Published Aldershot : Ashgate, [2003]
©2003

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Description xi, 398 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Ancient Hebrew and Homeric Greek life-force -- Plato, Aristotle and Hellenistic thought -- From the New Testament to St. Augustine -- Medieval Islamic and Christian ideas -- Renaissance Platonism, Hermeticism and other Heterodoxies -- Mind and soul in English from Chaucer to Shakespeare -- The triumph of Rationalist concepts of mind and intellect -- The Empiricists' advocacy of matter designed for thought
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Gibbs, Joe, 1940-
Soul -- History.
Spirit -- History.
Philosophy of mind -- History.
Mind and body -- History.
Genre/Form History.
Author Abraham, Ken.
LC no. 2002000873
ISBN 0754613658 paperback
1576739473
075461364X
Other Titles Speculations about soul, mind and spirit from Homer to Hume