On the Soul
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On the Soul is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored the nature and functions of the soul within early Platonic thought.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| On the Soul (Speusippus) | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
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lost philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Academy of Plato
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Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Speusippus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCorpus | works of Speusippus ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extantForm |
fragments
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testimonia ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
4th century BCE Greek philosophy
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early Platonic thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Platonic dialogues
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Pythagorean ideas ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
doxographical sources
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later ancient reports ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
functions of the soul
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nature of the soul ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | post-Platonic development of the theory of soul ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
metaphysics
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philosophy of mind ⓘ psychology in ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Old Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reception | known indirectly in later ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| region | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On Pythagorean Numbers (Speusippus)
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On the Gods (Speusippus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
classical philology
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history of ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
Platonic psychology
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ancient theories of the soul ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| title | On the Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workStatus | lost ⓘ |
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