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Phantasia between Soul and Body in Proclus' Euclid Commentary
- Author(s):
- D. Gregory MacIsaac (see profile)
- Date:
- 2001
- Group(s):
- Philosophy
- Subject(s):
- Philosophy
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- euclid, Neoplatonism, phantasia, Proclus, Classics
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/dz8j-z463
- Abstract:
- Proclus discusses imagination (phantasia) in the second prologue to his Euclid commentary. In his discussion, he describes phantasia in terms which make it seem like a passive screen, onto which geometrical figures are projected. However, he also speaks of phantasia in this text in terms which make it seem active, as if it were the projector rather than the screen receiving projections. In this paper I will clarify Proclus' doctrine of phantasia in the Euclid commentary, by situating it within his more general theory of discursive reason (dianoia).
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- Published as:
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- Pub. Date:
- 2001
- Journal:
- Dionysius
- Volume:
- 19
- Page Range:
- 125 - 136
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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