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Heraclitus on Soul and Super-Soul with an afterthought on the afterlife

Heraclitus on Soul and Super-Soul with an afterthought on the afterlife Abstract This paper is about the reception of Heraclitus’ views on the human soul in its cosmic context. Those views were updated by later thinkers, and their extensive evidence on the matter is scrutinized in detail. A World Soul and various forms of immortality came to be attributed, while soul stuff was said to be inhaled from the environment. An appendix considers the quite general opinion that Heraclitus posited some sort of afterlife for human souls. It is argued that fragments held to support this interpretation are better otherwise construed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Rhizomata de Gruyter

Heraclitus on Soul and Super-Soul with an afterthought on the afterlife

Mansfeld, Jaap
Rhizomata , Volume 3 (1) – Jul 1, 2015
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de Gruyter
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10.1515/rhiz-2015-0005
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Abstract This paper is about the reception of Heraclitus’ views on the human soul in its cosmic context. Those views were updated by later thinkers, and their extensive evidence on the matter is scrutinized in detail. A World Soul and various forms of immortality came to be attributed, while soul stuff was said to be inhaled from the environment. An appendix considers the quite general opinion that Heraclitus posited some sort of afterlife for human souls. It is argued that fragments held to support this interpretation are better otherwise construed.

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Rhizomata – de Gruyter

Published: Jul 1, 2015

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