Comparative Analysis of the Relationship Between Body and Soul in Eastern Philosophy (Peripateticism) and Aristotle's Hylomorphism
Abstract
This article offers a comparative analysis of the relationship between body and soul (body–mind) in the Eastern Peripatetic tradition and Aristotleъs doctrine of hylomorphism, understood as the unity of matter and form
Keywords
hylomorphism, entelechy, Peripatetic tradition, nafs, substance, Ibn Sina, Al-Farabi, body–soul dialectics, ancient philosophy
Author Biography
D. Axatova
Shahrisabz davlat pedagogika instituti dotsenti v.b. falsafa fanlari bo‘yicha falsafa doktori (PhD)
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