Psyche

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Psyche is a word of Greek origin, which etymologically means "breath of life", animating the body. Aristotle spoke of psyché as bios (life). The Romans translated psyché in anima (soul), retaining the Platonic dualism of soul/body that even Descartes maintained in the seventeenth century, dividing the mental from the physical. Since the nineteenth century the concepts of psyche runs into several interpretations, whether monistic or dualistic, and also in other uses of word, more or less consistent with the original meaning.

Psyche may also refer to:

Contents 1 Psychology 2 Philosophy 3 Cognitive sciences 4 Astronomy 5 Computers and software 6 Fiction 7 Music and dance 8 Mythology 9 Scientific journals 10 Ships 11 Zoology 12 See also

[edit] Psychology

• Psyche (psychology), the original Greek conception of the self
• Psychoanalysis
• Ego
  • See also Soul and Self (psychology) and Mind

[edit] Philosophy

• Philosophy of mind
• Soul

[edit] Cognitive sciences

• Psychophysics
• Cognitive psychiatry

[edit] Astronomy

• 16 Psyche, an asteroid

[edit] Computers and software

• Psyche, a code name for Red Hat Linux 8.0

[edit] Fiction

• Psyche, an 1898 book by Louis Couperus
• An alias of Danielle Moonstar, a comic book character

[edit] Music and dance

• Psyché, a French tragedy-ballet of 1671 and opera of 1678 (with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully)
• Psyche (opera) a semi-opera of 1675 with music by Matthew Locke
• Psyche (band), a Canadian dark synthpop band
• Psyche (album), the 1994 album by PJ & Duncan AKA, now known as Ant and Dec

[edit] Mythology

• Psyche, Eros's sidekick or consort in Greek mythology and Cupid's consort in Roman mythology; Psyche later becomes a goddess herself, see Eros and Psyche

[edit] Scientific journals

• Psyche (journal), a journal focused on the interdisciplinary study of consciousness
• Psyche (entomological journal), an entomological journal

[edit] Ships

• HMS Psyche, the name of five ships and two planned ones of the Royal Navy
• USS Psyche V (SP-9), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919

[edit] Zoology

• The psyche butterfly, Leptosia nina

[edit] See also

• Psych, a television program which premiered in 2006 airing on USA Network
• Psychidae, the bagworm moths

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