Abstract

BOERI, Marcelo D. Causa sinéctica y actividad neumática en los estoicos. Rev. latinoam. filos. [online]. 2009, vol.35, n.1, pp.5-34. ISSN 1852-7353.

According to the Stoics, causation (aition) must be regarded as a triadic process: A (a body) becomes a cause to B (another body) of an incorporeal effect (i.e. a predicate). This paper intends to account for how this causal model is applied to the cosmic causation taking place between pneûma pervading all things (one of whose functions is to hold together i.e. it is a 'cohesive' power, the whole) and the passive (unqualified matter). In addition, it is argued (against Bobzien) for the distinction between 'cause' (aition) and 'causal account' (aitia) as a genuine Stoic tenet.

Keywords : Stoicism; Cohesive cause; Cause-causal account.

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