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Logos And Psyche In Plato's Phaedo, Jesse I. Bailey
Logos And Psyche In Plato's Phaedo, Jesse I. Bailey
Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications
In this dissertation I argue that, according to the Phaedo, the ψυχή should not be understood as a reified, quasi-physical entity which can travel to another τόπος upon separation from the body; that is, the soul should not be understood as what came to be called a “spiritual substance.” Rather, I will show that the Phaedo presents the proper ontology of the soul to be based in an understanding of its characteristic activity. I will argue that this activity is revealed to be the gathering of multiplicities (‘parts’) into the intelligible unities (‘wholes’) which we experience. This gathering occurs in …