1st Edition
History of the Concept of Mind Volume 1: Speculations About Soul, Mind and Spirit from Homer to Hume
By Paul S. Macdonald
Copyright 2003
412 Pages
by
Routledge
478 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the 20th century theorists of mind were almost exclusively concerned with various versions of the materialist thesis, but prior to current debates accounts of soul and mind reveal an extraordinary richness and complexity which bear careful and impartial investigation. This book is the first single-authored, comprehensive work to examine the historical, linguistic and conceptual issues... Read more
1: Ancient Hebrew and Homeric Greek Life-Force; 2: Plato, Aristotle and Hellenistic Thought; 3: From the New Testament to St. Augustine; 4: Medieval Islamic and Christian Ideas; 5: Renaissance Platonism, Hermeticism and Other Heterodoxies; 6: Mind and Soul in English from Chaucer to Shakespeare; 7: The Triumph of Rationalist Concepts of Mind and Intellect; 8: The Empiricists' Advocacy of Matter Designed for Thought
Biography
PaulS. Macdonald
'...this volume is a must....There simply is nothing like it on the international publishing menu...the author has found a very appealing style of presentation, keeping the reader fascinated without sacrificing soundness of scholarship.' Horst Ruthrof, Murdoch University Perth Western Australia ’The first volume of this magisterial work concerned the history of the concept of mind within the recognised Western philosophical tradition. Here Paul Macdonald tackles the heterodox and occult tradition with the same thoroughness of scholarship and staggering erudition as was apparent in his earlier book. ... Macdonald's book can serve as an encyclopaedic point of reference to a relatively neglected aspect of the history of ideas sitting alongside his earlier work. Together these books represent a massive intellectual achievement that deserve a wide readership in the academic community while at the same time being accessible to the informed general reader.’ Scientific and Medical Network Review
