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On the Soul: and Other Psychological works

Paperback by Miller, Fred D. (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)

On the Soul: and Other Psychological works

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ISBN:
9780199588213
Publication Date:
24 May 2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
352 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 10 Sep 2025
On the Soul: and Other Psychological works

Description

'. . . 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.

Contents

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

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