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On the Soul

Autor Aristotle
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 sep 2020
On The Soul is a philosophical treatise written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle in the 4th century BCE. The book is divided into three parts, each exploring different aspects of the human soul. In the first part, Aristotle discusses the concept of the soul and its relationship to the body. He argues that the soul is the form or essence of the body and that it is responsible for giving life to the body. He also explores the different types of souls, including vegetative, animal, and rational souls, and how they relate to different living beings.In the second part, Aristotle delves deeper into the concept of the rational soul, which he believes is unique to humans. He discusses the different faculties of the rational soul, including perception, memory, and intellect, and how they work together to create human consciousness.In the final part, Aristotle explores the concept of the immortality of the soul. He argues that the rational soul is immortal and that it continues to exist after the body has died. He also discusses the relationship between the soul and the divine, and how the soul can achieve a state of eternal happiness through contemplation and philosophical inquiry.Overall, On The Soul is a foundational work in the history of philosophy, exploring fundamental questions about the nature of the human soul and its relationship to the body and the divine.If we have actually sensation of everything of which touch can give us sensation (for all the qualities of the tangible qua tangible are perceived by us through touch); and if absence of a sense necessarily involves absence of a sense-organ; and if all objects that we perceive by immediate contact with them are perceptible by touch, which sense we actually possess, and all objects that we perceive through media, i.e. without immediate contact, are....This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781420969740
ISBN-10: 1420969749
Pagini: 78
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Editura: Digireads.com

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'. . . the more honourable animals have been allotted a more honourable soul. . . 'What is the nature of the soul? It is this question that Aristotle sought to answer in De Anima (On the Soul). In doing so he offers a psychological theory that encompasses not only human beings but all living beings. Its basic thesis, that the soul is the form of an organic body, sets it in sharp contrast with both Pre-Socratic physicalism and Platonic dualism. On the Soul contains Aristotle's definition of the soul, and his explanations of nutrition, perception, cognition, and animal self-motion. The general theory in De Anima is augmented in the shorter works of Parva Naturalia, which deal with perception, memory and recollection, sleep and dreams, longevity, life-cycles, and psycho-physiology.This new translation brings together all of Aristotle's extant and complementary psychological works, and adds as a supplement ancient testimony concerning his lost writings dealing with the soul. The introduction by Fred D. Miller, Jr. explains the central place of the soul in Aristotle's natural science, the unifying themes of his psychological theory, and his continuing relevance for modern philosophy and psychology.

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Elegant, philosophically sensitive, and informed by some of the best recent scholarly work on Aristotle's psychology and biology [...] I probably cannot overemphasise how good this translation is a whole, and how useful it will be to students and scholars wanting an accessible, up to date translation of all of Aristotle's psychological works together. Miller's work is a great scholarly achievement, and one that is worth far more than its listed price.

Notă biografică

Fred D. Miller, Jr. is Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona at Tucson, and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He is also an executive editor of the journal Social Philosophy & Policy . He was a former president of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy. He is the author Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics , and has co-edited collections including A Companion to Aristotle's Politics, Reason and Analysis in Ancient Greek Philosophy , and A History of Philosophy of Law from the Ancient Greeks to the Scholastics . He is currently at work on a book on ancient Greek concepts of the soul from Homer to Aristotle.

Cuprins

  • Introduction
  • Note on the Translation
  • On the Soul
  • On Perception, On Memory, and On Sleep
  • On Dreams, On Prophecy, On Length, On Youth, Fragments, Hymn to Hermias
  • Explanatory Notes
  • Index