Forms, Souls, and Embryos
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-87474-2 (ISBN)
James Wilberding is Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Ruhr University, Bochum (Germany). Previously he was a lecturer in Classics at Newcastle University (UK) and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Williams College (USA).
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Embryological Background
General Background: Four Key Issues in Ancient Embryology
Embryology in Plato
Chapter 2: The Metaphysical Background
Metaphysical Models in Embryology
The Biological Development of the Theory of Forms
Chapter 3: Neoplatonic Embryology: The Core Theory
The One-Seed Theory
The Origin and Nature of the Seed
The Maternal Actualization of the Seed
Other External Factors in the Formation of the Offspring
Appendix to Chapter 3: Eclectic Theories
The Commentary on the Hippocratic On the Nature of the Child by John of Alexandria
Theophilus Protospatharius’ On the Construction of the Human Being
Pseudo-Galen’s De Spermate
Pseudo-Iamblichus’ Theology of Arithmetic
Pseudo-Galen’s Whether What is Carried in the Womb is a Living Thing
The Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Generation of Animals by Michael of Ephesus
Michael’s Interpretation of Aristotle’s Embryology
Michael’s Interpretation of Plato’s Embryology
Chapter 4: Formation and Animation of the Embryo
The Order of the Embryo’s Formation
The Animation of the Embryo
Chapter 5: The Problem of Teratogenesis
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index Locorum
Subject Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 16.12.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | Issues in Ancient Philosophy |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike |
Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
ISBN-10 | 0-367-87474-1 / 0367874741 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-87474-2 / 9780367874742 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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