ABSTRACT

Inwhatfollows,Iwillbrieflysketchthehistory(I)ofthematerialsoul fromAnaximenestoDemocritusandEpicurus(includingthatofthe locationofthemind);(II)ofthedematerializationorspiritualizationof themind,fromthePythagoreansandXenophanestoPlatoandAristotle; (III)ofthemoralconceptionofthesoulormind,fromPythagorasto Democritus,Socrates,andPlato.