Forms, souls, and embryos : Neoplatonists on human reproduction /
“Forms, Souls, and Embryos allows readers coming from different backgrounds to appreciate the depth and originality with which the Neoplatonists engaged with and responded to a number of philosophical questions central to human reproduction, including: What is the causal explanation of the embryo’s...
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London :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2017.
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| Series: | Issues in ancient philosophy
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The embryological background. General background : four key issues in ancient embryology ; Embryology in Plato
- 2 The metaphysical background. Metaphysical models in embryology ; The biological development of the theory of forms
- 3 Neoplatonic embryology : the core theory. The one-seed theory ; The origin and nature of the seed ; The maternal actualization thesis ; 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
- 4 Formation and animation of the embryo. The order of the embryo's formation ; The animation of the embryo
- 5 The Problem of Teratogenesis
- Epilogue.