Μονάς and ψυχή in the Phaedo
The paper analyzes the final proof with Greek mathematics and the possibility of intermediates in the Phaedo. The final proof in Plato’s Phaedo depends on a claim at 105c6, that μονάς, ‘unit’, generates περιττός ‘odd’ in number. So, ψυχή ‘soul’ generates ζωή ‘life’ in a body, at 105c10-11. Yet comme...
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| Language: | English |
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Coimbra University Press
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Plato |
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| Online Access: | https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/6780 |