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EVOLUTION OF THE OF “PSYCHĒ” IN PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY

[Sokrates Öncesi Felsefede “Ruh (Psyche)” Kavramının Evrimi]

Ahmet Emre Demirci

Doç. Dr., Anadolu Üniversitesi

İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, İşletme Bölümü

[email protected]

ABSTRACT

Psychē (soul) is one of the key in philosophy. Starting from the Homeric beginnings, the and the of soul had been a significant question giving rise to many debates, and the of soul had been a fundamental research topic for both before and after . This essay provides the readers with a summary of how a variety of thoughts flourished on soul through reference to exemplary pre-Socratic philosophers, and, by doing so, aims to show that the concept of psychē has undergone an throughout the philosophical- scientific path followed in the ancient Greek thought.

Keywords: Soul, psychē, pre-Socratic philosophers, .

ÖZET

Ruh (Psychē) Antic Yunan felsefesi içerisinde ele alınan temel konulardan biridir. Homeros geleneklerinden başlayarak ruh ve ruhun ölümsüzlüğü önemli tartışmalara neden olan önemli sorulardan biri olmuştur. Ayrıca ruh kavramının özü, gerek Sokrates öncesi gerekse Sokrates sonrası filozoflar için temel bir araştırma konusu olmuştur. Bu çalışma, Sokrates öncesi dönemin önde gelen filozoflarının ruh konusunda sahip oldukları farklılaşan görüşlerini okuyucu ile

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Ocak/January 2016, 9(1), 14-27 ISSN 1309-1328 buluşturmayı hedeflemektedir. Böylece ruh kavramının felsefi ve bilimsel bir rota üzerinde geçirdiği evrim gösterilmeye çalışılacaktır.

Anahtar Sözcükler: Ruh, tin, Sokrates öncesi filozoflar, Antik Yunan felsefesi.

According to the early Greek philosophical texts, immortality is an feature of attributed to . Human are basically called as “mortals”. Although this categorization based on the mortality and immortality of the physical body is clear, whether the soul is mortal has been an unsettled issue in philosophy. Before we start investigating the immortality of soul in ancient Greek philosophy, it is important to analyze the ancient philosophical of soul.

Homeric Beginnings

From comparatively humble Homeric beginnings, the word ‘soul’ undergoes quite remarkable semantic expansion in sixth and fifth century usage. By the end of the fifth century — the of Socrates' death — soul is standardly thought and spoken of, for instance, as the distinguishing mark of living things, as something that is the subject of emotional states and that is responsible for planning and practical thinking, and also as the bearer of such as and . Coming to philosophical , we first trace a development towards comprehensive articulation of a very broad conception of soul, according to which the soul is not only responsible for mental or psychological functions like thought, and desire, and is the bearer of moral qualities, but in some way or other accounts for all the vital functions that any living organism performs (Lorenz, 2009).

As mentioned above, soul as a problem has come to with . In the first sentence of the Iliad, Homer urges an unnamed goddess to sing of the mēnis of , a wrath that sent many worth – psuchai – to . Although psuchē here does not directly refer to “soul”; it is widely accepted that it refers to something like “the breath of ” (Davis, 2011). Snell (2012) suggests that of Homer did not have the cognizance of the psychic whole, or of any notion that corresponds to our word “Soul”. Homer distinguishes between a free soul, corresponding with psychē, and body souls, corresponding with thymós, nóos, and ménos. The passages in Homer reveal that without psychē, one cannot survive. The psychē leaves the body during swoons and it

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Ocak/January 2016, 9(1), 14-27 ISSN 1309-1328 leaves forever and departs to Hades when a dies. From this standpoint, psychē is closely linked with aiōn, or in other words, the source of vitality. However, according to Homer, aiōn is only possessed by the young while psychē does not differentiate between young and elderly. In contrast with the free souls, body souls are active during the waking life of the living person. Arbman suggests that the body souls are usually divided into two parts: the life soul which is generally identified with the breath and the ego soul (Bremmer, 1987). The former classification could be clarified through the of the word breath in ancient Greek. Psychē (ψυχή) is both breath and soul in ancient Greek, and for poets “the existential dimension of breathing” cannot be underestimated as it is considered to be the “necessity of life” (Shopin, 2014). Other authors note that there are three words referring to some form of “breath” in ancient Greek: pneûma, , breath of life, vital spirit, soul, or innate heat; psychē, defined as breath of life, spirit, soul, and later, ; and finally ánemos, meaning “breath,” lent itself to Latin’s “anima,” from which “animal” was later derived, and which means breath or soul (Mazzolini, 2009).

The latter part which is defined as the ego soul could be treated as a soul that imbues a person with life and consciousness, or, in modern terminology, with “ego” or the “self” (Abusch, 1998). While psychē that is defining the free soul did not have any physical or psychological qualities participating in the consciousness of the living individual; consciousness, , emotions, thought, perception and etc. were taken care of by body soul. Thus, according to Homeric world-view, in addition to having an eschatological soul, individual also had body souls which were necessary parts of an individual as a living . Those parts were thymós (breath, spirit), nóos (mind, thought) and ménos (spirit, temper) as mentioned earlier. Among these parts, we can suggest that the most frequently occurred form of the ego soul in the Homeric epic is thymós - a form which is active only when the body is awake. Thymós is the source of all emotions (Sörbom, 1994). If it is said that a person feels something in his thymós, the reference is to an organ which may translate as “soul” provided that the soul is the seat of (e)motions. However, we should keep in mind that it also serves as the name of a function that could be rendered as “will” or “” (Snell, 2012). About the other parts, as mentioned above, nóos refers to consciousness in a more direction and finally ménos is impulses to act (Sörbom, 1994). Bremmer (1987) also suggests that Greek’s in soul is not unitary. Thus, their belief is best characterized as multiple. It was not until the archaic age that the unitary soul was found in Greek soul belief. Bremmer (1987) further claims:

After the end of that century (refers to the fifth century) there is no longer the whole complex of the dualistic concept of the soul: a free soul

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representing the individuality in sleep, swoons, and trance without any contact with the ego souls, thymós, nóos, and ménos.

As discussed above, early Greek poets and dramatists were highly occupied with soul. Although their concept of soul was not perfectly matching that of the modern world, it is necessary to be acquainted with their concept of “soul” in order to take further steps in time to understand soul in ancient Greek philosophy. Because it is evident that soul was not less important for philosophers as it was the theme for many early philosophical texts and discussions.

Thales and Soul

Before we start going into the immortality of the soul according to the pre-Socratic philosophers, it is necessary to investigate how they define “soul”. From this standpoint, Thales can be the starting point for our investigation as he is considered to be the first Greek physikos (natural ), the first to have revealed the investigation of to the Greeks. According to , Thales is the “founder of this philosophy” and he called Thales the “the first wise man” (Vamvacas, 2009). Thales believed that a magnet possesses a soul as it is capable of moving iron (Aristotle, De Anima, 405-a19). Above all, Thales considered the power of magnet as an obvious manifestation of a divine animating force that could be attributed to all things. Aristotle adds furthermore: “Certain thinkers say that soul is intermingled in the whole , and it is perhaps for that that Thales came to the opinion that all things are full of gods” (Aristotle, De Anima, 411-a7). It is also important to express that according to some traditions, Thales first declared souls to be immortal, asserted that all things are full of gods. These claims clearly reveal that Thales seems to believe that there is soul pervading the universe. comments:

Thales of , who was the first to investigate these questions, said that was the first substance, being the mind which fashioned everything out of water.

It is clear that Thales had sought an explanation of self-motion, and so he had supposed that the soul to be the source of it. It is most likely that Thales had meant that there was a unitary cosmic intelligence when he suggested that the soul pervaded the universe. Based on these arguments, it could be suggested that the soul here would not be something separate or independent from water, but would be an aspect or quality of water (Gregory, 2013).

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Anaximander and Soul

Anaximander, as the successor and pupil of Thales, said that the principle and element of existing things was the which means indefinite, or infinite and he said that “the material principle of existing things was some nature coming under the heading of the apeiron, from which come into being the heavens and the world in them” (Hippolytus Ref. 1, 6, 1-2; DK12A11). On one of the rare occasions when Aristotle mentions Anaximander by name he attributes to him the thesis that the apeiron is immortal and indestructible. These were traditionally the attributes of divinity, and in fact the same passage strongly implies that the apeiron not only encloses but also governs all things (Taylor, 1997):

The infinite is thought to be principle of the rest, and to enclose all things and steer all, as all those say who do not postulate other causes over and above the infinite, such as mind or . This is the divine. For it is immortal and indestructible, as Anaximander says and most of the physicists (Aristotle, , 203b7ff). Despite the lack of any further philosophical texts to inform us about the Anaximander’s definition and notion of soul, he, like Homer, considered psyche as a form of respiration, breath and air. One of the reports on how Anaximander defines soul comes from Aeitus. In Placita Philosophorum, it is written that Anaximander along with Anaximenes, , and have said the nature of the soul is airy (Aetius, Placita Philosophorum IV, 3, 2). Based on these arguments, it could be suggested that Anaximander viewed soul as a principle of life and it is most likely to be an ancient understanding of soul whereby the soul, warmth, movement, and life are all linked. Thus, the soul could arise like vapor through the warmth of the and its appearance could be associated with some sort of boiling of water or the mud’s moisture (Kočandrle & Kleisner, 2012).

Anaximenes and Soul

Anaximenes was a pupil and most likely a student of Anaximander. Anaximenes declared that air is the principle of all existing things. When discussing soul, Anaximenes has a distinctive position in pre-Socratic philosophy as his assumptions on soul had become a generally accepted view in the fifth century. As mentioned above, according to Anaximenes, everything inside and outside the is based on air and its transformations. However, Anaximenes does not conceive of his air as an inert substance that needs to be in motion by another thing. For Anaximenes, motion is an

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Ocak/January 2016, 9(1), 14-27 ISSN 1309-1328 intrinsic of air. Thus, his definition of air as a live substance and the links he built between the cosmic air and the human soul imply an assumption that became general in the fifth century. According to Anaximender’s view, soul is not something apart from the material world, but it is a natural part of it (West, 1991). Apparently, Anaximender considered soul as something that holds the body together. In Placita Philosophorum, Aeitus further mentions about Anaximender:

Anaximenes his [Anaximander] fellow-citizen pronounceth, that air is the [p. 108] principle of all beings; from it all receive their original, and into it all return. He affirms that our soul is but air; it is that which constitutes and preserves; the whole world is invested with spirit and air. For spirit and air are synonymous. This person is in this deficient, that he concludes that of pure air, which is a simple body and is made of one only form, all animals are composed (Aetius, Placita Philosophorum I, 3).

Another passage by Aetius regarding Anaximenes’ view on soul is as follows (McEvilley, 2012):

Anaximenes, son of Eurystratus, of Miletus, declared that air is the principle [archē] of existing things; for from it all things come-to-be and into it they are again dissolved. As our soul, he says, being air, holds us together and controls us, so does wind (or breath) and air enclose the whole world (DK 13B2). The underlined part of the above paragraph is widely accepted to be as the only surviving sentence of Anaximenes’ works (McKirahan, 2011). However, Anaximenes’ view on the relationship between body and soul should be further investigated as his [soul holding together the body] cannot be found in any other resources belonging to pre-Socratic period.

Orphism, Pythagorean Tradition and Soul

Through the inquiry of the soul in Ancient , Orphic and Pythagorean tradition play a very important role that affected the subsequent philosophers for centuries. Born in 570 BC in , had developed a philosophy to bring the soul into harmony with the divine. He also developed important theories on and . Pythagoras also is considered as the first to call world “Kosmos” and linked with the concepts of “limit”, orderly arrangement, structural and . Just as harmony between the ten cosmic opposites resulted in Pythagoras’ music of the spheres, so it was necessary for the human soul to attain an attunement of opposites since the soul is a fragment of heavenly . Pythagoras had believed that the sick souls and mental

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Ocak/January 2016, 9(1), 14-27 ISSN 1309-1328 problems could be cured through calm music (Violin, 1990). Pythagorean tradition about the soul could be summarized with a in , immortality of the soul and mathematics. Pythagoras’ theory of soul was significantly affected by the Orphic tradition. could be defined as a mystery cult and a Dionysiac worship that spread in the 6th and 7th centuries BC. This worship revealed a new view on body and soul, and relationship between them. Orphics claimed that the soul is the one that includes whatever divine there is in man. Their arguments do not refer to breath of life or a dead man’s shadow or the abstract concept of life as suggested by other pre- Socratic philosophers. Orphics followed an occult religious teaching that employs a view that suggests a soul can survive only if it is maintained pure. They believed that the soul was united with the body due to the sins committed at earlier . Thus, for the Orphics, main problem was the purification of the soul that in return saves the soul from cycles of births (Bekiari et al., 2009). As suggested before this Orphic view of the soul was highly integrated in the Pythagorean theory of soul.

Pythagorean tradition also claims that soul is immortal. Pythagoras’ views on the immortality of the soul named him among the first of the philosophers who philosophized on survival after death. However, unlike the other philosophers who believed that the soul would enter a different, obsolete and shadowy world, he claimed that the soul returns to this world upon death yet in another body. He even claimed to have inherited souls from a distinguished line of spiritual ancestors. According to Pythagorean tradition, soul transmigrates not only between human, but also between other species (Kenny, 2004). Based on these Pythagorean arguments about the transmigration of souls, it could be inferred that it is most likely that reincarnation follows the soul’s judgment in Orphic and Pythagorean tradition. This leads to the idea of immortality of the soul in Pythagorean doctrine (Morrison, 1956). Another important issue in the philosophy of Pythagoras deals with how the soul could be freed from the imprisonment in the body. As mentioned before along with the immortality of soul, consideration of body as a prison for the soul had great impact on later Western philosophical traditions. In addition to the immortality of the soul, Pythagoras also claimed that soul migrates into other animals and all creatures with soul should be regarded as kin. The reason why soul is imprisoned in body is its sins. However, he also claims that the soul is rational and responsible for its actions. Thus, the soul can determine its fate. If it keeps itself free from pollutions of animal flesh, bodily passions and maintains its purity, it will eventually rise its proper god-like status (Violin, 1990). We should note that the teachings of Pythagoras significantly influenced the thoughts of later philosophers including . In a way, footprints of Pythagorean

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Ocak/January 2016, 9(1), 14-27 ISSN 1309-1328 tradition can be traced to Plato’s philosophy and through , Pythagorean view was introduced in the philosophy of scholastic philosophers including Augustine that in return influenced Christian and eventually whole and (Martin and Barresi, 2006).

Anaxagoras and Soul

Born around 500 BC in Clazomenae, near Izmir, Anaxagoras claimed that the world is organized by Mind () by saying:

“All things were together, then Mind (nous) came and gave them order” ( Laertius, 2, 6).

Anaxagoras distinguishes between souls, which belongs to the material world, and Mind (nous), which is immaterial, or at least is made of a unique, ethereal, kind of (Kenny, 2004). His view suggests that every material thing - no matter how great or small - that possesses a soul is controlled by Mind. Thus, based on his views, we can argue that there is a hierarchy between soul and Mind (nous) whereby Mind (nous) governs the soul. He argues that the soul is self-moving and the Mind (nous) is the driving force. Intellect is the cause of what is and beautiful in both superior and inferior animals. It is also the main principle of the totality of things, pure, simple and it also moves the universe. Thus, the soul is the most movable (Hillar, 1994). At this point, it is also important to indicate that Anaxagoras had claimed that because the soul is a moving principle, animals as well possess a soul (Swartz, 2014).

Empedocles and Soul

Almost in the same period with Anaxagoras, also has some important views on the soul. Coming from an aristocratic family from Acragas, a town on the south coast of , Empedocles was a pupil of Pythagoras, of and of according to different biographical sources. Thus, it can be clearly seen how Empedocles’ view on soul is highly shaped by these philosophers, especially by Pythagoras. We can argue that Empedocles’ philosophy of nature could be considered as a synthesis of the thought of Ionian philosophers. On the other hand, although these philosophers singled out one substance as the basis of the universe, Empedocles suggested that all these four substances are equally important as the fundamental ingredient of the

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Ocak/January 2016, 9(1), 14-27 ISSN 1309-1328 universe (Kenny, 2004). Thus, Empedocles suggests that the of the soul in air, , water and fire, which are the origins of the vital functions. He undermines the element of perception (senses) and element of motion. He notes that these elements are imperfect. Empedocles rather constitutes the soul in the element of blood (Swartz, 2014). In his poem Purifications, Empedocles combined his physical theory with the Pythagorean doctrine of that refers to the transmigration of the soul and its reincarnation after death. Sinners would be punished when their souls are reincarnated in all kinds of mortal forms on and sea. A cycle of reincarnation held out a hope of eventual deification for privileged classes of men in which Empedocles feels he belongs (Kenny, 2004). Empedocles tells us that his soul has previously resided in various orders of nature:

For before now I have been at some time boy and girl, bush, bird, and a mute fish in the sea (Empedocles, B117). In another fragment, his claims about his deification can be clearly seen:

My friends who live in the town of tawny Acragas, on the city’s citadel, who care for good deeds, havens of kindness for strangers, men ignorant of misfortune, greetings! I tell you I travel up and down as an immortal god, mortal no longer, honoured by all as it seems, crowned with ribbons and fresh garlands (Empedocles, B112).

Since he that Empedocles was the same soul in each creature, it makes no sense to differentiate between human soul and animal soul. The only between man and animal is the physical make up. Empedocles considers series of as punishment that lasts until reaching a purification that in return refers to an elevation to the highest level of nature and recover former divine status. Empedocles believed that he served his sentence and completed thirty- thousand season-long series of reincarnations during which his soul is purified and became eligible to transform into a god rather than be reincarnated again. Now, in his final reincarnation he assumes some responsibilities for teaching others the nature of the universe, the nature of the soul and the correct way to live that in return enable them to purify themselves (Campbell, 2008). Empedocles was also a vegetarian due to his belief that holds eating as a principal sin. Believing in the transmigration of souls between human and animals, Empedocles’ view suggests that sacrificing animals and eating their flesh equal to cannibalism and those acts are far from being religious (Campbell, 2005).

Democritus and Soul

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In addition to these various views on the nature of soul, Atomists had a different approach. was a follower of Milesian tradition of philosophy which could be represented with a scientific rationalist perspective. As a leading atomist philosopher, Democritus stated that the soul and the mind are of the same essence, composed of primary and indivisible bodies (Boner, 2005). However, Democritus does not imagine that individual atoms were capable of affection as Aristotle tells us and the relationship between individual atoms and movements in the soul is not clear in the writings of Democritus (Horky, 2006). Aristotle says that the animate is different than inanimate primarily in two respects which are motion and perception and he continues by saying that these two marks of the soul were inherited from his predecessors including Democritus. Thus, in De Anima (403b25-404a16), Aristotle says:

…..which is why Democritus says that it [soul] is hot, a sort of fire; for while there are infinitely many shapes, i.e., atoms, he says that the spherical ones compose fire and soul (like the so-called motes in the air, which are seen in sunbeams coming through windows (De Anima 403b25-404a16).

The reason why Democritus claims that the soul is composed by spherical atoms is again explained in De Anima:

…..but the spherical ones compose the soul, because such rhythms [shapes] can most easily penetrate through everything and move the others, being themselves in motion. They conceive that it is the soul which gives motion to animals (De Anima 403b25-404a16).

Democritus believes that respiration prevents the soul from being squeezed out. As there are great of spherical atoms in the air that he calls mind and soul, these atoms come in along with the air when one breathes, and by resisting the pressure, prevent the soul from slipping out. This is why death and life depend on respiration. Death is the loss of spherical atoms from the body due to the pressure of the surroundings as in that case respiration would not be possible (Taylor, 2010).

Conclusion

In conclusion, it could be argued that the concept of psychē has always been among the central topics in philosophy. The concept of psychē itself as well as its consideration in philosophy has

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Ocak/January 2016, 9(1), 14-27 ISSN 1309-1328 gone through an evolution in the of philosophy. As discussed in the papers, earlier considerations of psychē in Greek philosophy can be seen in Homeric texts where the concept is rather ambiguous and broad concept which is comprehensively articulated. Distinct from the Greek poets and dramatists, ancient Greek philosophers had a more focused approach toward the concept regardless of its singular or plural structure.

Starting from Thales and throughout the Milesian and Ionian Schools, thoughts on psychē had been based on cosmological and philosophical grounds. Concept of psychē was closely linked with the fundamental principle (archê) according to pre-Socratic philosophers. In many cases, as it can clearly be seen in the paper, it is extremely challenging to distinguish between their views on archê and psychē. These two main concepts were interlaced due to the cosmological view whereby the survival of humankind as a part of universe heavily depends on the existence of psychē. It could be argued that such a conditioning had built the solid links between different views on archê (air, water, breath and etc.) and psychē. In addition to these differing views, discussions about psychē in pre-Socratic philosophy has also reached beyond fundamental or material and emerged as a central philosophical inquiry regarding its nature and immortality (through transmigration rather than completing a single life and vanishing).

Philosophical inquiry regarding the nature and essence of psychē has certainly evolved further in the history of philosophy and we can note that it remained on the agenda of more recent philosophers. However, how the concept of psychē and other relevant issues such as the immortality of soul were evolved in the history of philosophy after Socrates could be studied in other papers.

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