The soul and its instrumental body : a reinterpretation of Aristotle's philosophy of living nature /
Bos, A. P.
The soul and its instrumental body : a reinterpretation of Aristotle's philosophy of living nature / by A.P. Bos. - 1 online resource (x, 429 pages) - Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 112 0920-8607 ; . - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 112. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, ISBN: 9789004253339. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-405) and indexes.
Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: ARISTOTLE'S PSYCHOLOGY RECONSIDERED -- CHAPTER TWO: THE MODERN DEBATE ON ARISTOTLE'S PSYCHOLOGY -- CHAPTER THREE: PNEUMA AS THE ORGANON OF THE SOUL IN DE MOTU ANIMALIUM -- CHAPTER FOUR: WHAT BODY IS SUITABLE FOR RECEIVING THE SOUL
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For more than 1800 years it has been supposed that Aristotle viewed the soul as the entelechy of the visible body which is 'equipped with organs'. This book argues that in actual fact he saw the soul as the entelechy of a natural body 'that serves as its instrument'. This correction puts paid to W. Jaeger's hypothesis of a three-phase development in Aristotle. The author of this book defends the unity of Aristotle's philosophy of living nature in De anima, in the biological treatises, and in the lost dialogues. Aristotle should therefore be regarded as the author of the notion of the 'vehicle of the soul' and of a 'non-Platonic' dualism. The current understanding of his influence on Hellenistic philosophy needs to change accordingly.
9789004247635
10.1163/9789004247635 DOI
2003040355
Aristotle--Psychology.
Psychology--Early works to 1850.
Soul.
B491.P8 / B67 2003
128/.092
The soul and its instrumental body : a reinterpretation of Aristotle's philosophy of living nature / by A.P. Bos. - 1 online resource (x, 429 pages) - Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 112 0920-8607 ; . - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 112. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, ISBN: 9789004253339. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-405) and indexes.
Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: ARISTOTLE'S PSYCHOLOGY RECONSIDERED -- CHAPTER TWO: THE MODERN DEBATE ON ARISTOTLE'S PSYCHOLOGY -- CHAPTER THREE: PNEUMA AS THE ORGANON OF THE SOUL IN DE MOTU ANIMALIUM -- CHAPTER FOUR: WHAT BODY IS SUITABLE FOR RECEIVING THE SOUL
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
For more than 1800 years it has been supposed that Aristotle viewed the soul as the entelechy of the visible body which is 'equipped with organs'. This book argues that in actual fact he saw the soul as the entelechy of a natural body 'that serves as its instrument'. This correction puts paid to W. Jaeger's hypothesis of a three-phase development in Aristotle. The author of this book defends the unity of Aristotle's philosophy of living nature in De anima, in the biological treatises, and in the lost dialogues. Aristotle should therefore be regarded as the author of the notion of the 'vehicle of the soul' and of a 'non-Platonic' dualism. The current understanding of his influence on Hellenistic philosophy needs to change accordingly.
9789004247635
10.1163/9789004247635 DOI
2003040355
Aristotle--Psychology.
Psychology--Early works to 1850.
Soul.
B491.P8 / B67 2003
128/.092