The Embodied Soul
The Embodied Soul

Author: Marek Gensler

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-06-01

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 3030994538

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This book contains a collection of papers devoted to the problems of body, mind and soul in medieval Europe between 1200 and 1420. Modern discussions of the mind-body relationship seldom look back into the past further than the psycho-somatic dualism of Descartes which started the mechanistic approach in biology and medicine. The authors of the volume go beyond that fault line to investigate the tradition of medieval natural philosophy and its ancient sources and analyze the issues forming a borderland between physiology and psychology. They also demonstrate that the medieval tradition was rich and diverse for it offered a wide variety of the discussed problems as well as the methodological approaches. This volume is the first attempt to cover a diversity of topics and methods employed in the medieval debates on body, mind and soul as well as their interrelationships. The Embodied Soul is a must-have for all those interested in puzzling dilemmas of how a living organism functions and how its inner life can be explained as well as for all those interested in the history of thought in general. Chapter 14 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

The Embodied Soul in Plato's Later Thought
The Embodied Soul in Plato's Later Thought

Author: Chad Jorgenson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-04-05

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1107174120

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Positively re-assesses the relationship between body and soul in Plato's later dialogues, focusing on the harmony between them.

Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies
Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies

Author: Marc Cortez

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-10-20

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0567479366

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The book explores the relationship between Christology and theological anthropology through the lens provided by the theology of Karl Barth and the mind/body discussion in contemporary philosophy of mind. It thus comprises two major sections. The first develops an understanding of Karl Barth's theological anthropology focusing on three major facets: (1) the centrality of Jesus Christ for any real understanding of human persons; (2) the resources that such a christologically determined view of human nature has for engaging in interdisciplinary discourse; and (3) the ontological implications of this approach for understanding the mind/body relationship. The second part draws on this theological foundation to consider the implications that Christological anthropology has for analyzing and assessing several prominent ways of explaining the mind/body relationship. Specifically, it interacts with two broad categories of theories: 'nonreductive' forms of physicalism and 'holistic' forms of dualism. After providing a basic summary of each, the book applies the insights gained from Barth's anthropology to ascertain the extent to which the two approaches may be considered christologically adequate.

Calling the Soul Back
Calling the Soul Back

Author: Christina Garcia Lopez

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0816537755

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Spirituality has consistently been present in the political and cultural counternarratives of Chicanx literature. Calling the Soul Back focuses on the embodied aspects of a spirituality integrating body, mind, and soul. Centering the relationship between embodiment and literary narrative, Christina Garcia Lopez shows narrative as healing work through which writers and readers ritually call back the soul—one’s unique immaterial essence—into union with the body, counteracting the wounding fragmentation that emerged out of colonization and imperialism. These readings feature both underanalyzed and more popular works by pivotal writers such as Gloria Anzaldúa, Sandra Cisneros, and Rudolfo Anaya, in addition to works by less commonly acknowledged authors. Calling the Soul Back explores the spiritual and ancestral knowledge offered in narratives of bodies in trauma, bodies engaged in ritual, grieving bodies, bodies immersed in and becoming part of nature, and dreaming bodies. Reading across narrative nonfiction, performative monologue, short fiction, fables, illustrated children’s books, and a novel, Garcia Lopez asks how these narratives draw on the embodied intersections of ways of knowing and being to shift readers’ consciousness regarding relationships to space, time, and natural environments. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Calling the Soul Back draws on literary and Chicanx studies scholars as well as those in religious studies, feminist studies, sociology, environmental studies, philosophy, and Indigenous studies, to reveal narrative’s healing potential to bring the soul into balance with the body and mind.

Plotinus’ Psychology
Plotinus’ Psychology

Author: H.J. Blumenthal

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 940102989X

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This book is a revised version, with some omissions, of a Cambridge doctoral dissertation submitted in 1963: I fear that it still bears marks of its origins. The dissertation itself was the result of an earlier scheme to identify the sources of Plotinus' psychological doctrines. In the course of this work it soon became evident that it was not sufficient1y clear what these doctrines were. Students of Plotinus have tended to concentrate on the higher regions of his world, and there is still no satisfactory treatment of his doctrines of the embodied soul. It is the purpose of this book to provide a fairly extensive survey of these doctrines. It does not claim to be exhaustive. Nor does it claim to add a large body of new knowledge, since over so wide a field many points have been touched on by others, if only in passing. But I hope that it may remove some misconceptions, and bring the details of Plotinus' theories into sharper focus. It had been my intention to add an introduction - mainly for the benefit of non-specialist readers - on the psychology of Plotinus' predecessors. In the meantime the Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy has appeared, and the reader who wants information on this subject may convenient1y be referred to the relevant parts of the late Professor Merlan's chapters on the predeces sors of Plotinus.

Embodied Prayer
Embodied Prayer

Author: Celeste Snowber

Publisher: Wood Lake Publishing Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1896836623

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Our bodies have too long been in exile. We listen or pray with our hearts and minds but ignore much of our bodies; we become 'disembodied'. This illuminating book is about honouring what our bodies have to teach us. Brimming with words of wisdom that will allow you to discover what a gift your body is, 'Embodied Prayer' invites you towards wholeness of body, mind, and soul.

The Embodied Soul in Plato's Later Thought
The Embodied Soul in Plato's Later Thought

Author: Chad Jorgenson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-04-05

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1316805638

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In this book, Chad Jorgenson challenges the view that for Plato the good life is one of pure intellection, arguing that his last writings increasingly insist on the capacity of reason to impose measure on our emotions and pleasures. Starting from an account of the ontological, epistemological, and physiological foundations of the tripartition of the soul, he traces the increasing sophistication of Plato's thinking about the nature of pleasure and pain and his developing interest in sciences bearing on physical reality. These theoretical shifts represent a movement away from a conception of human happiness as a purification or flight of the soul from the sensible to the intelligible, as in the Phaedo, towards a focus on the harmony of the individual as a psychosomatic whole under the hegemonic power of reason.

EMBODIMENT
EMBODIMENT

Author: E.S. Amchin

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-04-25

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 9781456891671

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A Divinely inspired visionary work, Embodiment can be defined as a state of manifestation, integration, unification, or incarnation, all terms that may be used to describe this state of Being, and the profound connection and relationship of the Creator and the Creation. It is a book conceived in celebration of the awakening of the Sacred Embodied Soul. Interpreted as written, this material is self-evident, stimulating awareness of the evolving spiritual nature, which provides an anchor for the Soul Life’s continuing journey. Embodiment is a Sacred Birthing guide in its true sense, as the means in which human existence becomes the product of the process by which, out of Spirit, an Awakened Soul is Born. This collection of writings was crafted for all who seek the answers to Life’s origins supporting the eternal mothering aspects of the Human Soul, by adding personal reflective insights into understanding this enlightened connection that leads to true Soul Self-Awareness. Embodiment challenges and expands the human intelligence to investigate, in a spiritual perspective, that which has its origins in the archives of human history and folklore. The keys to unlock these spiritual truths are found in the presence of the intangible Sacred Essence that emanates a reflection of the Creator’s Heart of Love and Sustenance, which presents itself within the Human Soul’s Life Experience. To this quest the author has taken up the Banner of Faith and Trust in the ultimate search to discover an immortal connection between the Human Soul and its Divine Source.