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Single Idea 6034
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche
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Full Idea
Democritus and Epicurus say the soul has two parts, one which is rational and is situated in the chest area, and the other which is non-rational and is spread throughout the entire compound of the body.
Gist of Idea
Atomists say soul has a rational part in the chest, and a diffused non-rational part
Source
report of Democritus (fragments/reports [c.431 BCE]) by Aetius - fragments/reports 4.4.6
Book Ref
'Hellenistic Philosophy: Intro Readings', ed/tr. Inwood,B. /Gerson,L. [Hackett 1988], p.62
A Reaction
The spread part corresponds to such things as feeling fear in the stomach, or excitement throughout the limbs. I can't think what grounds there would be for choosing the chest as the home of reason. I suppose you can hear reason thumping in there..
The
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[Greek concept of the mind/soul/life]:
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5882
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Democritus says soul consists of smooth round bodies brought together in accidental collision
[Democritus, by Cicero]
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6034
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Atomists say soul has a rational part in the chest, and a diffused non-rational part
[Democritus, by Aetius]
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20912
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The soul is the same as the mind
[Democritus, by Aristotle]
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13781
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Soul causes the body to live, and gives it power to breathe and to be revitalized
[Plato]
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21260
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Soul is what is defined by 'self-generating motion'
[Plato]
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9296
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The soul is self-motion
[Plato]
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6009
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Psychic conflict is clear if appetite is close to the body and reason fairly separate
[Plato, by Modrak]
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6041
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There is a third element to the mind - spirit - lying between reason and appetite
[Plato]
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5962
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Plato says the soul is ordered by number
[Plato, by Plutarch]
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5880
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Xenocrates held that the soul had no form or substance, but was number
[Xenocrates, by Cicero]
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5507
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Aristotle led to the view that there are several souls, all somewhat physical
[Aristotle, by Martin/Barresi]
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24051
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Soul is seen as what moves, or what is least physical, or a combination of elements
[Aristotle]
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12086
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Psuché is the form and actuality of a body which potentially has life
[Aristotle]
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16754
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The soul is the cause or source of movement, the essence of body, and its end
[Aristotle]
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5146
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Everything that receives nourishment has a vegetative soul, with it own distinctive excellence
[Aristotle]
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5147
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In a controlled person the receptive part of the soul is obedient, and it is in harmony in the virtuous
[Aristotle]
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5148
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The irrational psuché is persuadable by reason - shown by our criticism and encouragement of people
[Aristotle]
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5232
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If beings are dominated by appetite, this can increase so much that it drives out reason
[Aristotle]
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14041
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The soul is fine parts distributed through the body, resembling hot breath
[Epicurus]
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6035
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Soul is made of four stuffs, giving warmth, rest, motion and perception
[Epicurus, by Aetius]
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14526
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The rational soul is in the chest, and the non-rational soul is spread through the body
[Epicurus]
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23267
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Stoics say the soul is a mixture of air and fire
[Stoic school, by Galen]
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23321
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Division of the soul divides a person, reducing responsibility for the nonrational part
[Stoic school, by Frede,M]
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5879
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The soul is the heart, or blood in the heart, or part of the brain, of something living in heart or brain, or breath
[Cicero]
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5960
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When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god
[Plutarch]
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5959
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Some philosophers say the soul is light
[Plutarch]
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8006
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When Aristotle speaks of soul he means something like personality
[MacIntyre]
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