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The Afterlife of the Platonic Soul Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts Editors Robert M. Berchman Jacob Neusner Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition Edited by Robert M. Berchman Dowling College and Bard College John F. Finamore University of Iowa Editorial Board JOHN DILLON (Trinity College, Dublin) – GARY GURTLER (Boston College) JEAN-MARC NARBONNE (Laval University-Canada) VOLUME 9 The Afterlife of the Platonic Soul Reflections of Platonic Psychology in the Monotheistic Religions Edited by Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth and John M. Dillon LEIDEN • BOSTON 2009 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The afterlife of the platonic soul : reflections of platonic psychology in the monotheistic religions / edited by Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth and John M. Dillon. p. cm. — (Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts) (Studies in platonism, neoplatonism, and the platonic tradition, ISSN 1871–188X ; v. 9) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-17623-2 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Plato. 2. Soul. 3. Plato—Influence. 4. Abrahamic religions. I. Elkaisy-Friemuth, Maha. II. Dillon, John M. III. Title. B398.S7A38 2009 128’.109—dc22 2009014849 ISSN 1871-188X ISBN 978 90 04 17623 2 Copyright 2009 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands CONTENTS Preface ................................................................................................. vii List of Contributors ........................................................................... ix Introduction ........................................................................................ 1 A. EARLY PERIOD Philo of Alexandria and Platonist Psychology ............................. 17 John Dillon St Paul on Soul, Spirit and the Inner Man ................................... 25 George H. van Kooten B. CHRISTIAN TRADITION Faith and Reason in Late Antiquity: The Perishability Axiom and Its Impact on Christian Views about the Origin and Nature of the Soul ......................................................................... 47 Dirk Krausmüller The Nature of the Soul According to Eriugena ............................ 77 Catherine Kavanagh C. ISLAMIC TRADITION Aristotle’s Categories and the Soul: An Annotated Translation of al-Kindī’s That There are Separate Substances ..................... 95 Peter Adamson and Peter E. Pormann Private Caves and Public Islands: Islam, Plato and the Ikhwān al-Sạ fāʾ ............................................................................................. 107 Ian Richard Netton vi contents Tradition and Innovation in the Psychology of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī .............................................................................................. 121 Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth D. JUDAIC TRADITION The Soul in Jewish Neoplatonism: A Case Study of Abraham Ibn Ezra and Judah Halevi .......................................................... 143 Aaron W. Hughes Maimonides, the Soul and the Classical Tradition ...................... 163 Oliver Leaman E. LATER MEDIEVAL PERIOD St. Thomas Aquinas’s Concept of the Human Soul and the Influence of Platonism ................................................................. 179 Patrick Quinn Intellect as Intrinsic Formal Cause in the Soul according to Aquinas and Averroes .................................................................. 187 Richard C. Taylor Bibliography ........................................................................................ 221 Index of Names .................................................................................. 231 Index of Concepts and Places ......................................................... 234 PREFACE This collection of essays takes its origin from a series of seminars delivered over the last few years in the Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition, in Trinity College, Dublin, which is a subdivision of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (MNES). We are most grateful to all those who made the journey to talk to us, as well as to all those who participated in the discussions. We selected the topic of the soul as being one that directly engaged, in a problematic way, all philosophically-minded thinkers of all three of the great religious tradi- tions of late antiquity and the middle ages; we then invited a selection of major authorities on the various traditions concerned, and we were not disappointed with the results. Inevitably, in an enterprise of this sort, not all aspects of a given topic can be covered, but we hope that the papers here presented between them give a reasonably comprehensive and coherent panorama of the ramifications of the subject. We are grateful to MNES, in particular its Director, Prof. Brian McGing, and its former director Prof. Sean Freyne, for supporting this project in all its stages from its inception, and for assisting with the costs of the publication. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Peter Adamson, Reader in Philosophy, King’s College, London, UK. John Dillon, Regius Professor of Greek (Emeritus), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Leuven Katholieke Universiteit, Belgium. Aaron W. Hughes, The Gordon and Gretchen Gross Professor of Jewish Studies, SUNY, Buffalo, USA. Catherine Kavanagh, Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Mary Imma- culate College, Ireland. George H. van Kooten, Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity, Faculty of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Dirk Krausmüller, Lecturer, School of Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University, UK. Oliver Leaman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, USA. Ian Richard Netton, Sharjah Professor of Islamic Studies, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK. Peter E. Pormann, Assistant Professor, Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Warwick, UK. Patrick Quinn, Professor of Philosophy, All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland. Richard C. Taylor, Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University, USA.
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