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Alexander of Aphrodisias on the soul.
- Title
- Alexander of Aphrodisias on the soul. Part I, Soul as form of the body, parts of the soul, nourishment, and perception / translated, with an introduction and commentary, by Victor Caston.
- Author
- Alexander, of Aphrodisias.
- Publication
- London : Bristol Classical Press, c2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Caston, Victor, 1963-
- Description
- viii, 248 p.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This is Part I of the first English translation of the philosopher Alexander of Aphrodisias' treatise "On the Soul."
- Series Statement
- Ancient commentators on Aristotle
- Uniform Title
- De anima. English
- Ancient commentators on Aristotle.
- Alternative Title
- De anima.
- Soul as form of the body, parts of the soul, nourishment and perception
- Subject
- Soul > Early works to 1800
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-176) and indexes.
- Contents
- What is the soul's essence? -- Bodies act and are modified in virtue of non-bodily items -- The demonstration that the soul is a form -- 'In something' [is said] in how many ways? -- The soul is inseparable from the body whose soul it is -- The soul is not one of the simple bodies -- The soul itself just on its own is unchangeable -- The soul is not a harmony -- The parts of the soul : how many and which ones? -- That there are not infinitely many powers of the soul -- There are two kinds of nourishment -- On the activity of being nourished -- Heat is the soul's tool for nourishing [oneself] -- Why parts detached from plants live and develop, while those from animals no longer do -- On the soul for perceiving -- On what is intrinsically and extrinsically perceptible -- How there comes to be light in the transparent.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-6321
- ISBN
- 9781780930244
- 1780930240
- OCLC
- 768569768
- Author
- Alexander, of Aphrodisias.
- Title
- Alexander of Aphrodisias on the soul. Part I, Soul as form of the body, parts of the soul, nourishment, and perception / translated, with an introduction and commentary, by Victor Caston.
- Imprint
- London : Bristol Classical Press, c2012.
- Series
- Ancient commentators on AristotleAncient commentators on Aristotle.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-176) and indexes.
- Added Author
- Caston, Victor, 1963-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-6321