Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Xenocrates, Galen and Alexander Nehamas
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / c. Features of mind
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The spirit in the soul wants freedom, power and honour [Galen]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind
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Galen showed by experiment that the brain controls the body [Galen, by Hankinson]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche
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Xenocrates held that the soul had no form or substance, but was number [Xenocrates, by Cicero]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain
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Stopping the heart doesn't terminate activity; pressing the brain does that [Galen, by Cobb]
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties
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We just use the word 'faculty' when we don't know the psychological cause [Galen]
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Philosophers think faculties are in substances, and invent a faculty for every activity [Galen]
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