To Gaurus on how embryos are ensouled ; and, On what is in our power
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To Gaurus on how embryos are ensouled ; and, On what is in our power
（Ancient commentators on Aristotle）
Bristol Classical Press, 2011
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Translated from the Ancient Greek
Bibliography: p. 171-176
Includes indexes
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Description
Concerning embryos, Porphyry takes an original view on issues that had been left undecided by his teacher Plotinus and earlier by the doctor Galen. What role is played in the development of the embryo by the souls or the natures of the father, of the mother, of the embryo, or of the whole world? Porphyry's detailed answer, in contrast to Aristotle's, gives a significant role to the soul and to the nature of the mother, without, however, abandoning Aristotle's view that the mother supplies no seed. In the fragments of On What is in Our Power, "Porphyry" discusses Plato's idea that we choose each of our incarnations, and so are responsible for what happens in our lives.
This volume contains an English translation of the two commentaries, as well as extensive notes, an introduction and a bibliography.
Table of Contents
Preface
Conventions
Abbreviations
To Gaurus On How Embryos are Ensouled
Textual Emendations and Conjectures
Introduction
Translation
Notes
Appendix 1: Anonymous Christianus, Hermippus or On Astrology 2.17
Appendix 2: Michael Psellus, from On How the Soul of the Body Enters and from When Embryos are Ensouled
English-Greek Glossary
Greek-English Index
Subject Index
On What is in Our Power
Textual Emendations and Conjectures
Introduction
Porphyry's Commentary on Plato's Republic (181-187F Smith)
Translation
Notes
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