Topic 3- GREEK PHILOSOPHY AND PLATO’S SOUL

• Greek Philosophy Defined

  • "Love of Wisdom"
  •  Reasoned inquiry into the principles of­
  • Natural world (science)­
  • Divine beings (theology, religion)­
  • Human affairs (humanities, social sciences)
• Greek Philosophy - Origins


   Greek City-States
• Plato's Soul - Nature of the Soul

  • Incorporeal
  • Gives life to body
  • Pre-exists body
  • Immortal
  • Transmigrates
• Plato's Soul - Tripartite


   - Reason (head) 

  • Spiritedness (chest) 
  • Appetite (stomach)
• Legacy of Greek Philosophy - General, Plato and the Christians


  In General

  • Legacy of Methods
  • Of Debates: Existence of forms ( realism vs. nominalism ) and Nature of Body and Soul

  Plato and the Christians

  • Christians agree on immortality of soul
  • Soul as source of life and reason
  • Discuss its parts