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On Aristotle's "On the soul 2.1-6" Philoponus ; translated by William Charlton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Philoponus, John, active 6th century, author.
- Series:
- Ancient commentators on Aristotle
- Standardized Title:
- On Aristotle's On the soul 2.1-6. English
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle. De anima--Book 2--1-6.
- Aristotle.
- Soul--Early works to 1800.
- Soul.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 2005.
- Summary:
- "In On The Soul 2.1-6, Aristotle gives a very different account of the sould from Plato's by tying the soul to the body. The soul is the life-manifesting capacities that we all have and that distinguish living things, and explain their behaviour. He defines sould and life by reference to the capacities for using food to maintain structure and reproduce, for perceiving and desiring, and for rational thought. Capacities have to be defined by reference to the objects to which they are directed. The five senses, for example, are defined by reference to their objects, which are primarily forms like colour. And in perception we are said to receive these forms without matter. Philoponus understands this reception not physiologically as the eye jelly's taking on colour patches, but 'cognitively', like Brentano, who much later thought that Aristotle was treating the forms as intentional objects. Philoponus is the patron of non-physiological interpretations, which are still a matter of controversy today."--Bloomsbury Publishing
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Textual Emendations
- TRANSLATION
- Notes
- Bibliography English-Greek
- Glossary Greek-English Index
- Index of Passages Cited
- Subject
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement
- Other Format:
- Original
- ISBN:
- 9781472551931
- OCLC:
- 654609656
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