Toward A Unified Platonic Human Psychology

Toward a Unified Platonic Human Psychology defends a coherent view of Platonic Psychology, or looking at human psychology as circular motion in the brain. Author John Mark Reynolds, using the psychology of Plato's Timaeus, advances the discussion of Plato's psychology by proposing a new reading of his view of the human soul.

John Mark Reynolds is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Biola University, California and director of Biola's Torrey Honors Institute.

CHAPTER 1: PLATO'S PSYCHOLOGY AND THE TIMAEUS

1

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Toward a Unified Platonic Psychology

1

(2)

Tejera and Strauss on Plato

3

(4)

The Timaeus as Myth

7

(3)

The Strong-Myth Commentators

10

(6)

The Weak-Myth Platonists

16

(7)

A.E. Taylor

23

(7)

Reading the Timaeus

30

(17)

CHAPTER 2: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE TIMAEUS

47

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The Opening Platonic Moves

47

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Reason in the Soul: Historical and Philosophic Considerations

52

(3)

Implications of the Cosmic Soul for Human Psychology

55

(3)

The Cosmic Soul and Simplicity

58

(2)

The Cosmic Soul: Simplicity and Mixture

60

(2)

The Problem of Motion in the Simple Soul

62

(6)

Cosmic Soul: Some Final Reflections

68

(1)

Time and the Soul

69

(5)

The Creation of a Unified Human Soul

74

(5)

The Soul and Body Relationship

79

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Introduction to the Problem

79

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Necessity and the Relationship of Body and Soul

80

(2)

Relationships within the Parts of the Human: Motion in the Soul/Body Composite

82

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The Body and Soul: A New Element

89

(1)

The Mortal Soul: Creation and Function

90

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The Location and Function of the Mortal Soul

90

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Divination in the Mortal Soul

92

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Problems for the Platonic Soul

97

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Overview

97

(2)

The Problem of Individuation

99

(2)

Status of the Account of the Creation of the Body

101

(3)

The Soul at the Moment of Death

104

(4)

Plato's Views on "Science" Relation to His Psychology

108

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Animals and the Human

112

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Psychological Dualism

118

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Introduction to the Issues

118

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Plato and Substance Dualism

118

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The World of Becoming: the Nature of Soul and Matter

119

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Motion, Soul, and Matter

121

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Humanity and Dualism

124

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Death and Memory

125

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Conclusion: Plato's View of the Human Soul

129

(12)

CHAPTER 3: THE SOUL IMMORTAL AND POLITICAL: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIMAEUS APPLIED TO THE PHAEDO AND THE REPUBLIC

141

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Immortality: the Psychology of the Phaedo

142

(1)

Phaedo and the Issue of Consistency

142

(5)

Light from the Timaeus on the Psychology of the Phaedo

147

(3)

The Soul of the City: The Psychology of the Republic

150

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The Republic's and the Timaeus' Psychology: Do They Compliment Each Other?

150

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The Human Soul in the City Revealed in the Cosmology of the Timaeus

154

(4)

Concluding Remarks

158

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Bibliography

163

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Index

171

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Toward A Unified Platonic Human Psychology

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