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On Aristotle "On the Soul 2.1-6" (Hardcover): John Philoponus

On Aristotle "On the Soul 2.1-6" (Hardcover)

John Philoponus; Translated by William Charlton

Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle

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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.

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Imprint: Bristol Classical Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Release date: February 2005
Authors: John Philoponus
Translators: William Charlton
Dimensions: 240 x 165 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-0-7156-3235-2
Subtitles: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
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Barcode: 9780715632352

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