학술논문
Duše jako forma podle Alexandra z Afrodisiady
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Reflexe, Vol 2018, Iss 54, Pp 3-18 (2018)
Subject
Language
Czech
ISSN
0862-6901
2533-7637
25337637
2533-7637
25337637
Abstract
In this paper, Alexander’s view of the soul as an emergent form of a body is presented against the backdrop of the Galenic interpretation of the soul as a mixture of corporeal qualities . The paper argues that the two notions are not incompatible; rather, Alexander’s position is a more precisely thought-out version of the Galenic one . The thrust of the argument is the following: Alexander rejects the view that the soul is a mixture of bodies. Nevertheless, he admits that the soul arises from a mixture of ca- pacities-forms in the material substrate of the body, namely as a complex capacity-form in which they reach their perfection. This is not in conflict with the Galenic view – at least insofar as Galen’s mixture of corporeal qualities is not a mixture of bodies, and thus itself a body, but a mixture of corporeal forms, and thus itself a form. The weakness of Galen’s po- sition lies in his failure to render this point clear.